Houses of Stone

[Manuel Tavares]

Houses of Stone
By Catherine Viel
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For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him…
For I perceived God’s light about him both wax and fire.
~Christopher Smart, Jubilate Agno

Life offers many opportunities to showcase my worrier role. A weekend ago one cat needed to go to the emergency animal hospital. Not even a week later, the other cat descended into one of his stomach distress episodes.

Attempting to smother my worry while he’s in midst of a bout has been impossible. Since his symptoms last through hours of prowling and eating invisible lint off the floor, I find myself shadowing his distress. I follow him from room to room, up the....+ https://ascensionflame.blogspot.com/2022/12/houses-of-stone.html