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In what we understand has become a tradition of sorts in some parts Although we confess to being remiss in our application of categories, The Featured Feline in our photos and in our life is Chiqui (pronounced It was Chiqui, and at that time he was indeed tiny. Turns out one of We took him in and took him home. He fit in our pocket. Norma We continue to believe people can learn a lot more from animals than In what we understand has become a tradition of sorts in some parts of the Blogosphere, we have chosen today to inaugurate our new CAT-A-GORIES section in the right-hand margin of the Dowbrigade News. Although we confess to being remiss … Continue reading
\n of the Blogosphere, we have chosen today to inaugurate our new CAT-A-GORIES <\/a>section in the right-hand margin of the Dowbrigade News.<\/p>\n
\n due to the influence of Shimon
\n Rura<\/a> and his creation Frassle<\/a>, we have
\n resolved to reform. While we’ve gotten pretty good at applying categories
\n to our new postings, we are waiting for a prolonged period of intellectual
\n idleness to go back and post-categorize our earlier work.<\/p>\n
\n Cheeky), a nickname which means "little one" in Spanish. He wandered
\n into our life back in ’96, a few weeks after we returned from a two-year
\n road trip to Ecuador. It was mid-September, only a few days into the
\n busy Fall semester, a cold and drizzly day. We were trying to readjust
\n to the American academic rhythm, new apartment, new woman, new students,
\n when we heard a soft but insistent mewing from one of the administrative
\n offices at work.<\/p>\n
\n our administrators, long moved on to greener pastures, had gotten stuck
\n in traffic that morning on her drive into town down I-95from New Hampshire.
\n Trapped in the break-down lane she noticed something moving on the pavement,
\n opened her door and scooped him right up off of the Interstate. She figured
\n his mother had found a hidden birthing spot in the woods nearby, and
\n that Chiqui had wandered away from the rest of the litter while his ma
\n was off getting fed. If she hadn’t picked him up he would have probably
\n been squished pretty quick on I-95.<\/p>\n
\n Yvonne had never had a cat before and thought something was wrong when
\n he started purring. Today, Chiqui is a healthy although neurotic 16-lb
\n Male Tabby, and Norma treats him (an Honey, the smaller cat in the photo)
\n like the dear misbehaving children she never had. Perhaps because of
\n his homeless traumatic youth Chiqui does not trust new people or places
\n and
\n usually hide when visitors appear. Once, when we moved, he spent
\n a week in a suitcase in a closet before he came out to explore the new
\n digs. His obsession with burrowing has gotten him trapped behind the
\n drywall and in the heating ducts on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n
\n animals can learn from us. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"