Criminal Activity ExposedIN THE BEGINNING IT WAS JUST CATS AND TOYS
It started with pens. When I went to get one that I thought was with my notebook it was nowhere to be found. Cats, like Abby, do this kind of thing. She enjoys shoving pens off of tables and rolling them around on the floor, but I couldn’t even find them on the floor. I kept replacing them only to have them disappear a few days later. Finally, when I was in the mood for doing some deep cleaning, instead of just casually vacuuming, I moved a heavy window seat so that I could vacuum underneath it and discovered a treasure trove of pens. Sharpies, jell pens, ball points, all gathered together under the window seat. There were at least a couple dozen. Abby had shoved them under the window seat and it was too low to the ground for her to retrieve them. It’s also not unusual for me to find random stuff she has hauled off in one of her hunting moods. Often there is a cat toy near or in her water bowl. One morning I even found her big fluffy green kick toy in the toilet. I am working on covering my art shrines with plastic because she absconds with the miniatures. Today there was what looked like a plastic stem from a mini potted plant in her water bowl. ABBY MOVES ON TO MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES - CATS AND PILFERING I put up with this because it is fairly normal behavior - for cats. However there is a new wrinkle in Abby’s routine. Two of my famous action figures are gone. These are 6” plastic models of political figures and other people in the news that I have displayed on a low shelf of my TV cabinet. Most of them were given to me by my sister Linda so they are special to me. Abby likes to knock them over. Tragically I think that Nancy Pelosi and Stacy Abrams have been pilfered, not just knocked over — pilfered, stolen, nicked. Abby is giving me no clues about where she has taken them. I’ve searched under and around the cabinet so she must have carried them off somewhere. They are not in the usual places like her water bowl. I have no idea where they could be and there are a lot of possible places. Although my house is small there are a lot of nooks and crannies. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE - PROTECTING THE WORLD FROM CATS Now I fear for some of my other action figures. Luckily Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Doctor Fauci are part of an art shrine I have up high on the fireplace mantel, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be arriving in March. He is the newest action figure and I don’t want anything bad to happen to him. He has more to worry about than cats. I suppose I will need to find a new, cat-proof place for my collection. I like to have them where I can enjoy them. They remind me to keep a sense of humor about the world despite all of the political battles I see every day on the news. Having them to look at as I watch TV inspires me. Although I know some people might be happy that my Nancy Pelosi and Stacey Abrams are gone, to me they are women to admire. I miss them. Now I just have to figure out where they are and find a way to keep them safe from Abby.
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JOAN L LINDBERG
2/16/2023 12:26:39 pm
This story is absolutely delightful. So I guess the moral of the story (or my conclusion at least) is that cats are much stronger than politicians. Probably wiser too.
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