Re: Sad News

Hrumff

On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 01:58 AM, Melody wrote:

Jim: Many more stories like this and you'll have us all disbelieving the
image of a sharp tongued, hard hearted old fella you've been feeding us
all these years...although I for one never believed it in the first
place, Mr. Softie!



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Sun 07/11, james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
From: james singer [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:29:17 -0400
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sad News

When Ms. Fatma and I were first married, I had an old cat named
<br>"Punkin," who soon became very ill and died of I don't know what. By
<br>coincidence, I had also had Punkin's mother, an idiosyncratic half
<br>Siamese named Lucy, who died of a heart attack. Both were talkers--I
<br>think they talked to themselves if I wasn't around to listen to
them.<br><br>When Punkin died, I was heart broken and vowed I would
never have <br>another animal--cat, dog, hamster, snake, raccoon,
nothing. Then about <br>a week later, we were driving by the humane
society and Ms. Fatma said: <br>"Let's see what they've got
today."<br><br>Well, they had a teenage black kitty that started talking
as soon as <br>she saw us. I think she was saying "Get me outta here."
We named her <br>Susi, after an African violet we were especially fond
of, and somehow <br>over the years, "Susi" transmogrified into
"Beans."<br><br>On Sunday, July 11, 2004, at 03:02 PM, Wendy Swope
wrote:<br><br>> Dear Zem,<br>><br>> I'm way behind on posts as usual, so
this will probably reach you after<br>> Violet's memorial. Nevertheless,
I'm sending love, hugs, and empathy <br>> your<br>> way. I've always had
dogs and/or cats to brighten my life. They're my<br>> surrogate kids, my
furchildren. They are the spirits of my home, and <br>> when I<br>> lose
one, there's a palpable void in this house and in my heart for <br>>
quite a<br>> while. I'm so sorry that you've lost Violet.<br>><br>> I
understand what you mean about the wheel of life, though. The price
<br>> we<br>> pay for loving anyone, human or other, is eventually being
forced to <br>> say<br>> "Goodbye." Accepting death as part of life is a
very healthy <br>> attitude.<br>> Glad you manage to think that
way.<br>><br>> My good wishes to you & your remaining
furchildren,<br>><br>> Wendy in SW OH<br>><br>><br>Island
Jim<br>Southwest Florida<br>27.0 N, 82.4<br>Zone 10a<br>Minimum 30 F [-1
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