It's cat-themed INSPIRATION PORN. Be grateful anyway

Inspiration porn
Definition:  gushy content about disability, adoption of strays, animal shelters and when applied to humans "oh isn't this person with a disability just AMAZING...?"

I WILL (probably) adopt an older cat when I am ready to adopt a cat again.

In the meantime YouTube has decided that I should take a break from every timpani solo and freaky woodwind ensemble on the platform. Food videos are kind of a thing though I often find that the video is enough, and I do not necessarily care about eating the theme food item, Instead along with an offer from the animal shelter to attend a pet loss grief support group, in between my diet of wars and disinformation topics and trying to learn various current technologies now intruding into my somewhat retro toolset.

Well, I did make lentil brownies the other day and did I mention that Nephew is doing keto diet so I have decided to read up too.


4.1 hours of sleep.

That is sort of ridiculous except it really did take me 2.5 hours to get out the door to be formally grateful over lovely Thanksgiving buffet at Mom's retirement community.

Meal was lovely. Not enough celery in the stuffing and too much goop on the yams, but I CAN COPE.

Mom and I just talked and talked many conversations: how did 60 people from her father's side of the family all manage to get along for 4 hours in and around the farm house? What does she (and I) really value about where she is at and what of money and transportation and... Prized pictures she found in a box and decided to hang up even though she is not expecting to be in the same place next year, what the google shows about the last MT house: MUCH improved from when she rode by while construction must have been in progress, trust of online shopping, why to hate the google based on the number of ads one has to filter before finding the medication insert for any eyedrop she takes for chronic dry eye.

I confessed that the one time I did vegan thanksgiving, it was, um, DISAPPOINTING and the disappointment made worse by the sense that I was supposed to be grateful for abundance anyway.

Happy turkey leftovers folks. Maybe I will roast a turkey leg...
And I sent a Christmas cactus photo to MANY groupies.

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