The curious case of my Halloween black kitty
By Christina Chow I bought this little black kitty on Halloween because she was beautiful. Her makers made her extremely realistic; one could see even the smallest details of her fur. Yet the feature that caught my attention mostly was that she had an attitude. Her green eyes shone with contempt and passion, but her poise was regal. She was a perfect New Yorker. At first I placed her on my desk, and I kind of shuddered at her gaze every time I turned on my computer. I felt that she was watching me from behind my back and I could not concentrate on my work. So, I placed her in my studio, on top of my books. I said to her, “Guard my books and all the wisdom in them”. She did a great job, so much that I rarely took a book out from the shelves anymore, as I felt almost guilty to do so, when I saw her powerful bright green eyes staring at me, as if saying: “books would not do any good, if you do not discipline yourself and write” “S-sorry, I just wanted to read that book…” I apologized. This morning I got a brilliant idea. I gave her a pair of glasses. Now she is transformed into a very interesting character, an intellectualized New York black kitty still with an attitude but more mellow, even empathetic: she is not only guarding my books, she is also reminding me of the knowledge contained in my books. What a transformation, a radical change of vision, of perspective…and all for a pair of spectacles! © 2013 Christina Chow...
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She’s Semiramis. And I’ll give you the story behind it. We wanted an Egyptian name, but Bast wasn’t quite cutting it, it doesn’t lend itself well to cuddly calling (or at least, that’s what we thought then). And earlier cats in our families had used up a lot of the Egyptian queen names. However, there’s a great hotel in Cairo named Semiramis (and it saved us one day, when we were walking across the bridge from Gezira island, and noticed a tummy explosion approaching), and she was a fabulous queen (though not in Egypt, she created the hanging gardens of Babylon). So Semiramis it was, and it fits, she’s definitely got a royal attitude to life. Or Cattitude. And, she just turned 16. Here are the two big cuddlerers in my life – my cat and my son – cuddled up together. Usually either the one or the other or both are cuddling me, but this day my son was worn out, he had a slight concussion, and when he stretched out on the sofa to take a nap, Semiramis jumped up to him. She usually only does that with me, but he’s obviously been approved as he’s calm enough. (And yes, that implies that my daughter is not). I would love to contribute to a cool kitties site, but not right now. Both my neck and right arm is acting up at the moment, so I don’t get as much computer work done as I would like to. But soon, hopefully. By Berte...
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