I know, I know, but this feeling comes and goes

[sovay]

Yesterday we took Hestia to the vet for her annual physical which she was originally scheduled to share with her brother. She was assessed a good cat and suffered her claws to be clipped without egregious use of the hiss word. She has been spending most of her time with spatch, but last night as we were watching Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) she climbed onto my lap and fell asleep there.

I am grieving. I don't see how not. Every action in this house is different. For the last week I have been making oatmeal with goat's milk every other night or so and it remains strange not to have a small black barracuda winding himself at my feet and stretching up to scratch at the counter until I pour him his share of the milk. His sister has just never been as big a fan, although it is impossible to dice a ham steak within earshot without attracting her tithe. I take it seriously that people are still donating to the fundraiser.

I saw the news of the death of Peter Schickele. Because he arranged material for Joan Baez and Buffy Sainte-Marie and my parents liked the quiet science fiction of Silent Running (1972), I actually managed to grow up on his own-named music as well as Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air (1967), Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990), and Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (1992). Somewhere in storage we have The Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach (1807–1742)? (1976), containing one of my favorite joke captions of a photograph, in this case of a phenomenally wrecked church, purporting to depict Our Lady of the Evening the morning after.

I don't know what I would vid to Ghoul Talk's "I Just Like to Watch" (2023), but I hope it occurs to someone, because its three-minute horror arc is fantastic.

This has just been a very tired week.

Comments

[gwynnega]

I'm glad that Hestia's vet visit went well and that she found Mothra vs. Godzilla soothing.

It is very hard to adjust to losing a beloved cat. After my Garage Kitty died, it took awhile before I stopped thinking I saw her from the corner of my eye. ::hugs::

[newredshoes]

Much love to you and your household ♥

[sovay]

I'm glad that Hestia's vet visit went well and that she found Mothra vs. Godzilla soothing.

She also let spatch hold her for the time it took to walk from the bedroom into the living room, a near-record.

After my Garage Kitty died, it took awhile before I stopped thinking I saw her from the corner of my eye.

*hugs*

Thank you. He was a great part of my life and a great joy in it and I miss him.

[sovay]

Much love to you and your household

Thank you.

*hugs*

[kore]

What a beautiful baby.

[sovay]

What a beautiful baby.

She is the Generalissima in her winter bear-coat. Tonight she approached me alone and kneaded in the blankets until I made room for her. She has always been a good cat.

[umadoshi]

I'm so glad you have Hestia with you.

Grief is exhausting. *hugs tight* Love to all of you.

[thisbluespirit]

*hugs*

I am glad Hestia is doing all right, though. ♥

[sovay]

I am glad Hestia is doing all right, though.

Thank you. So are we.

*hugs*

[sovay]

I'm so glad you have Hestia with you.

Thank you. This afternoon she decided to burrow over my feet, making it difficult for me to get up. This too is new.

Love to all of you.

*hugs*

Love.

[pameladean]

I am glad about the good vet visit. It seems Hestia is realizing that her duties are expanding. I love her little face.

Grief is so hard, and keeps coming up with such unwelcome surprises. *hug*

[sovay]

I am glad about the good vet visit. It seems Hestia is realizing that her duties are expanding. I love her little face.

She has a wonderful face. Her coat is thick with winter. She slept on my feet this afternoon, which prevented me going anywhere for some time.

Grief is so hard, and keeps coming up with such unwelcome surprises.

I remember it from human family, all the missing steps, but I still hate it. Thank you.

*hugs*

[minoanmiss]

hugs you gently

Here's to Mr. Schickele ! my first decent boyfriend introduced me to PDQ Bach.

[sovay]

Here's to Mr. Schickele ! my first decent boyfriend introduced me to PDQ Bach.

Good for your first decent boyfriend!

*hugs*

[asakiyume]

I missed commenting on this when you posted. Hestia looks like she's counting on you, and I want to telepathically tell her, They've got you: no worries.

And I was sorry to hear about Peter Schickele's passing. He was a good one.