My cat Sadie is missing, has been for four days now. I see her everywhere and no where at all. I check the porch everytime I walk into the kitchen. Every morning I expect her yowl at the back door. I don't even have a picture of her. I probably 'see' her more now than I did when she was here. I so hope she is traveling the woods in a cat pack. I can't think anything else, really, no matter how it might behove me to make friends with that/those thoughts. I told the boys she was missing this afternoon... we went on a walk to see if we could find her. C6 cried. E3 threw sticks. I never said 'hurt' or 'dead', just wondered where she could be, who she might be with... She is a lovely cat, like they almost all are. I never gave her enough attention and she never held it against me. Not even once did she ask me why I don't spend the time to try to seduce her. Not even once.
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Oh, animals.
One of the things of many that came from the writing workshop was a phrase of Patti Digh's which sticks to the ribs. 'Make strong offers'. Make your offering to the world a strong one, one which you yourself relish, which speaks to the strength you have, which makes your offering an actual 'offering' and not a 'tradeoff' or a 'sacrifice'. Make a strong offering to the world.
(I hadn't meant to offer Sadie. But she was a strong one. and I probably can't call her mine...)
And I am improving the quality of my time here, on the interwebs, slowly, certainly (at least) taking more time. pausing before publishing and the like. I will probably not create formed essays at any point, but do look forward to subjects of meaty-ness pushing their way to the fore. I suppose I have done that in the past, but I am getting close to 500 posts soon, and I find that remarkable and also, weighty... giving me pause to consider what exactly it is that I am 'making' here and is it, in fact, a strong offer? I need to do some re-reading, some self-checking for satisfaction. And if I am not satisfied? well. no idea. I guess I'll just plan on being satisfied, and see what I can learn...
Gleanings
3 hours ago
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Plan to be satisfied.
That's...a strong offer.
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