catshadow

 

“At night all cats are grey.”

 

~ French proverb ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in May 2022.

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CATMADNESS

 

Back in the 1970’s, when I was living and working in Virginia,

a friend came to work one morning and told me a story

about his cat, his girlfriend and a squeaky brass bed.

The cat kept thinking that he was hearing a mouse

and would come into the bedroom to investigate.

His story inspired this poem.

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of Sherlocke, my incredible cat, taken in November 1974.

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TO BREATHE BETWEEN DEATHS

 

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

 

~ Mae West ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in July 2011.

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CURIOSITÉ

 

“The larger the island of knowledge,

the longer the shoreline of wonder.”

 

~ Ralph W. Sockman ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in September 2017.

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WAIT

 

“All things come to those who wait.”

 

~ French Proverb ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken on the Rue Broca in Paris in May 2017.

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ELLEBASI

 

“There’s a hazy smile on her lips that won’t go away,

and her hair is a mess.

It’s like a brush fire filled with casualties.”

 

~ Lauren DeStefano ~

 

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Orléans, France in May 2017.

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