[Magdalen] Golly! Thanks, Dad!

[Grace Cangialosi]

Could be, Jim! My dog will often come and get me to come out in the kitchen and sit there while she eats!

> On Jun 21, 2015, at 3:26 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We have two overweight kitties who have to eat a limited diet, and two
> smaller ones who can eat pretty much what they want.
> 
> I have a protocol now of feeding Nancy (our kitten) and Max (the deaf
> elderstateman) in my office, out of range of the other two.
> 
> Max lets me know when it's feeding time.
> 
> He gets on my computer and sings. Then he rears up and waves his paws in
> the air. Such a wonderful singing voice!
> 
> I put down some food in his dish.
> 
> A few minutes later, he comes and cries for food.  I fuss over him a bit
> and then show him the dish, which has the food in it.
> 
> It's really as if he says, "Wow!  Thanks, Dad!" and plows in.
> 
> A few minutes later, he does it again.
> 
> And a few minutes later....
> 
> Isn't this the most wonderful kitty? I tell him.
> 
> I wonder if he has cognitive impairment. My beloved says I see everything
> in psych terms, having lived with it for thirty years.
> 
> I console myself with the fact that he seems a happy enough kitty, and
> purrs up a storm when he gets in my lap at other times.
> 
> It's just so funny to have him come begging for food, then when I show him
> the food I just put down for him, he's like, "WOW! Thanks, Dad!"
> 
> Hmm. I wonder if he just wants me to spot for him while he eats....
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy