Sunday, November 2, 2014

Litter


Originally Posted Friday, September 19, 2014


It would be difficult to top yesterday's post today.  I wrote it in my sleep.  Today, the mania has passed and I am woozy and wondering what on earth there is to say.  I might complain about cat litter.  My petite chat no longer goes outside at all.  As a matter of fact, she recently took to sleeping in the cat bed I bought her a couple of years ago.  She is getting old and there are coyotes about, I hear.  They have moved into the south and have become a nuisance.  So kit kat has gotten even more emotional and loves when a new friend comes over for she is quite willing to love her in ways I am too allergic to do. 

The downside of having an indoor cat is that she poops and pees in the litter box, something she did not do until recently.  I kept one in the bathroom, but it was for emergencies.  Neither of us really needed it.    Now, I have to clean it every day and change the litter often.  But the litter has changed.  I mean I can't find the kind I used to buy that seemed so easy.  Now they are all clay based and clump and are difficult to scoop which is the idea, I assume, as it requires you buy much more litter.  And the new litter has a terrible chemical oder that permeates the house.  I know it is terrible for my lungs and brain and I'm sure it will cause some undiagnosed blood disease.  And they package it in impossible to use cardboard boxes.  I hate all of it. 

On my last outing, though, I found one with a handle and a cap, so at least it is easy to pour.  But I need one that doesn't have the odor.  I can feel it compromising me as I write. 

Like the season, I'm in transition.  The first day of autumn is Tuesday.  Summer is flagging.  The darkness is coming on.  I become sleepy and melancholy and full of the darker wisdoms.  I will need swaddling at night to keep me calm.  Yes, a good swaddling is what I will need in the long darkness. 

But let's not dwell on the coming night.  We shall revel in what is left of the summer light. 

Rage, rage, etc.

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