The Cat Wears Prada

I vowed a few weeks ago not to write about my cat as not everyone finds her as endearing as I do especially my son in law whom I suspect is a dog fancier. I had that feeling when I watched him try to get Nigel( the cat before this one) to fetch a ball and jump over a stick. Here is a man who needs a dog I thought, though now that I know him better perhaps he was trying to make the point that cats are useless, which brings me back to Kathleen. She basically is useless. She has no working skills whatsoever except to kill animals smaller than herself. Right now she is trying desperately to nab a squirrel that can outwit her every move. She stalks birds ,bees, and flies. No kills yet. She watches the tray of the printer and when I fire it up she does her damndest to snag the thingy inside going back and forth. She walks over the keyboard when I am typing and so far has pulled down the living room curtains twice. Flies again. We have had a problem with mice this winter and when Kathleen came along I was sure that was the end of that, but no. There was absolutely no interest shown in indoor killing activities and so to the hardware store I went for mouse bait. She's just a pretty face our Kathleen and the best little groomer on the block. No unkempt coat for her, what would the squirrels think?

The Return of the Dreaded Mercury

We are having another Mercury retrograde June 15 so prepare for your computer to fritz, your car to stall, and what you said to be taken the wrong way. The blasted thing lasts through the summer so stay off airplanes, meaning me. It can be moderated somewhat with the energy of the Gemini new moon June 14. One is supposed to stay focused on the positive aspects of one's life and work with the Law of Attraction so don't expect your e-mail to fly off into the unknown when you send it and perhaps it won't, though I don't need a Mercury retrograde for that to happen. The whole purpose of this is to clear out clutter, mental and otherwise. Maybe start with a closet or two. I have no problem chucking stuff out even other peoples -you know who you are -but the clutter in my mind is something else altogether. Negative thoughts, blame, all that delicious way of dodging responsibility I find really easy. I suspect that all has to go, along with the dust bunnies under the bed. Well we can only give things our best shot and forewarned is forearmed so don't blame me if it all goes pear shaped. You have been told!

Hivy Divy Doo

I have just found out to my astonishment that my recurring hives are due to weak adrenal glands and not an overstressed liver as I had been told. For the last two years I have been treating my liver with the greatest respect and all for naught hive wise. I feel like a long walk straight to the liquor store and damn the consequences. Now I have to find yummy things like nettles to eat and drink to keep the poor pooched adrenals afloat for a few more years. Life gets more and more like a jigsaw puzzle and there are sooo many pieces but they do fit if you have the patience to put the information together. Trouble is I was standing behind the door when patience was being handed out. Enough about my puds. There is nothing so dull as other peoples' ailments unless it is other peoples' dreams. I am off now to ransack the tea cupboard for nettle tea though lord knows how long it has been sitting there.

When you wish upon a star

I just got an e-mail from my astrologer. She is asking people to make a wish on Venus the evening star that starts to shine at dusk in the north east sky. Dale says that if you are clear in your mind about what you want and need and are looking beyond blaming others for the lack in your life then your dreams will manifest in this world and you will be living them by 2008 at the latest. So I am wishing away, and what I am wishing for is a studio of my very own where I can be as smelly as I like with the turps and linseed oil and there is no one to go '' Oh what ever is that dreadful pong for God's sake open a window!"Nor will small people be allowed in other than under the strictest supervision; now that we have two small people in our world again with another due shortly. I tried with the best of intentions to incoporate small types into my art projects but you need the eyes of a hawk to prevent damage, and the patience of Job [ neither of which I have] to not mind the embellishments added to your objets d'art as they sit drying. A sunny warm cheap space just for yours truly where the only one to mind the smell or the mess is ME. I can't imagine anything finer than getting up in the morning and going to the studio. I'll probably spend as much time staring at a blank canvas there as I do in my little back room here but I am willing to give it a shot.

Lists

Yes I know it's been a while but I have been busy. We have a new addition to our family and we were all focused on welcoming him to the world. Now that things have settled somewhat and neglected household chores have been seen to I have some free time on my hands to devote to the "Arts" ehhew! What I had in mind to write about was lists and my obsession with them though I don't feel it is an obsession which is what it has been referred to by" he who is nameless." I think of lists as a very necessary part of life. When I get up in the morning and throughout the day I make myself lists of what needs to be done and then I do it or as much or little of it as I feel can be got away with. The big thrill is crossing off the stuff done. It is an illusion really as it makes my life look jam packed with interesting stuff when in reality it is pretty dull and much of the time boring but that's my problem not yours. To be honest I don't think I can handle too much excitement; look at what happened when I attended my little grandson's birth, I was a mass of hives the next day which leads back to the lists. They let you off the hook a bit with stress as the list seems to show an orderly life and as I don't handle stress well[see hives]I need all the help I can get. We won't go into astrological signs and lists as that is a blog all to itself but suffice to say they have a bearing on it. More about Virgoes next time.