Dreaming is Free
Barn Cats, Burnout, and Believing in Brighter Days
Hello, Friend,
So…I’ve been struggling a bit lately. This is a quasi-normal state come February for me, but it is amplified exponentially due to an array of other things that are beyond my control. If you’re a highly sensitive person, empathic in any way, curious, compassionate, aware…these are difficult times. Add to this a few ongoing personal challenges and it all feels a bit overwhelming.
I never lose hope or heart, not entirely, but I do find them harder to summon on occasion.
My janky arm is still healing, so I’ve been trying to draw on the iPad a little bit every day. My ‘best friend poodle friend friend’ Pepper is obsessed with the barn cats who live in the barn beneath our apartment and lurk outside of and sometimes inside of our yard. There’s a new barn cat I think would make a lovely house pet for someone-but I’m not in charge of the barn cats. I’ve named her Kitty Kitty Meow Meow. This is not her official name but it seems to suit her better, IMHO. She’s very friendly and loves soft pats, ear scritches, and being picked up and carried around, all of which indicates to me that she’d make a good pet. We have six dogs, a tiny apartment, and I’m allergic to cats, so she cannot live with us.
I can be her outside friend and that’s something.
Pepper isn’t sure she likes that idea.
This is a digital drawing of Kitty Kitty Meow Meow in our experimental garden this coming summer. I have to dream of brighter days to get through the darker ones.
“Dreaming is free.” Blondie
Sometimes the best we can do is keep marching bravely forward and that’s okay.
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Plus add , yes I understand your sentiments. Staying grounded is a real challenge during the chaos of politics along with fighting to maintain health.