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Due to the passing of Kismet, the Cat Blogosphere has decided that from here on out, every Wednesday will be Whiska-Hump-Wednesday, in honor of the original Man Cat. Kismet had very large Whiska Humps. I told Ollie about all this and he wanted to take part. He felt that due to his having lived with Kismet at one point he would automatically be entered to win. I explained it wasn't a contest, but just SHOWING them off. So last night we had a photo shoot. He liked that he was on top of the Budweiser case (the KING of beers) and looking off to the side so you all can clearly SEE his humps.

Also Ollie wanted me to tell all of you that last night he peed on the cat tent in order to let me know he was mourning our friend Kiz-a-mo. In Kismet's famous words "when i doubt, pee on it."

or just Black Murray to you common folk.
Yes it's blurry, but he's constantly in motion so it's hard to snap photos of him.
He knows his name, he prances over to you when you call him and he is a complete terror. I love him.

by: Mary TallMountain

Sokoya, I said looking through
the net of wrinkles into
wise black pools
of her eyes.
What do you say in Athabascan
when you leave each other?
What is the word
for goodbye?
A shade of feeling rippled
the wind- tanned skin,
Ah, nothing, she said,
watching the river flash.
She looked at me close.
We just say Ttaa. That means,
See you.
We never leave each other.
When does your mouth
say goodbye to your heart?
She touched me light
as a bluebell.
You forget when you leave us;
you're so small then.
We don't use that word.
We always think you're coming back,
but if you don't
we'll see you someplace else.
You understand.
There is no word for goodbye