i_had_a_cat_named_spooky birdmad I_Got_a_cat_Named_Spooky I took her in under the noses of Tonya and Shadow Not that Shadow was one to mind. Tonya,being the big_electric_cat was a whole other story June, 2008, scrawny, underfed (abandoned as a baby by shitty neighbors) And, unbeknownst to me until a few weeks later, very very pregnant For a brief stint, I had Tonya, Shadow, Spooky and the five Spooklets running loose in this little apartment of mine I had to find homes for the Spooklets, though two came back to me Shadow passed 12 years ago after a sudden illness Tonya passed on 6 years ago, having never learned to tolerate anyone but me and the two Spooklets (Butterscotch and Snowflake) Spooky grew from skinny, timid void, to big assertive love-monkey. I always loved looking at and into her massive green-gold eyes The slightly indignant "mmrrAck?" whenever I woke her with scritches Butterscotch left us 3 years ago, suddenly. She liked to hide and decided to croak in one of the hardest to reach places in here Then there were two. As it began with the Mother-Daughter pair of Tonya and Shadow, 15 years later found me back to mother and daughter again in Spooky and Snowflake She was soft, like deep plush and her purr was seismic in its depth and intensity Last night, after a sudden, but accelerating decline, I had to make the decision to let her go Love-biter, chip-bag cruncher, extra-large cuddle-monkey and just the all-around best fucking cat I ever had And now she's gone. I still have Snowflake and she's pretty damn great herself, but right now this grief is crushing me and I keep hoping the random shadows and dark shapes will come trotting up to me, wanting to sit in my lap and get brushed 210714 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Birdmad, I'm sorry to hear that. She sounded like an interesting and companionable cat. If it's any comfort, you appeared on the Wall of Blather back on red (and so, weirdly, did David Bowie): http://blather.newdream.net/red/w/wall_of_blather.html 210715 what's it to you? who go blather from