SEEMED
SEEMED TO
SEEMED TO RESONATE WITH OTHERS, SO MUCH SO THAT HIS NEPHEWS STARTED ASKING WHY HE DID NOT
WRITE ABOUT THE FAMILY CATS.
HE GOT TO WORK ON THREE FAB
FELINES.
>> I 4@DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT A
THAT MUCH AND THIS WAS A COUPLE
YEARS AGO AND HE KEPT COMING AT
>> I 4@DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT A THAT MUCH AND THIS WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND HE KEPT COMING AT@
ME.
HAVE YOU WRITTEN A CAP BOOK
YET?
I FINALLY HAD TO BUCKLE DOWN
AND DO IT FOR HIM AND SOMETHING
SO FUN AND ENJOYABLE ANYWAY IT
DID NOT SEEM LIKE WORK.
>> OBVIOUSLY THERE 4@WAS
INSPIRATION WRITING ABOUT YOUR
DOGS BUT THE CATS WAS NOT
SOMETHING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
BEFORE.
DID YOU STRUGGLE TO WRITE ABOUT
THEM ONCE YOU STARTED?
>> NOT REALLY.
IT IS ENJOYABLE 4@4@BECAUS4@E I
ALLOWS ME TO GO BACK AND
REMEMBER THOSE GREAT MEMORIES I
HAD 4@GROWING UP.
EVERYTHING INVOLVED AND THAT IS
NOT WORK AND IT'S 4@FUN AND I G
TO GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF OLD
PICTURES AND SEE THINGS I HAVE
NOT SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
I WAS REMEMBERING THINGS THAT
HAPPENED A VERY 4@LONG 4@TIME A
AND IT BROUGHT BACK NICE WARM
MEMORIES.
IT TOOK 4@ME BACK TO 4@A PLACE
WAS LIKE MY CHILDHOOD AND I
REALLY 4@4@ENJOY IT.
>> YOU ARE A SELF-DESCRIBED DOG
LOVER.
>> I AM.
>> THERE ARE THINGS WE LEARNED
FROM OUR PETS IN 4@GENERAL.
DID YOU LEARN THINGS FROM
MOSES, SO 4@WE AND LUCY?
>> EACH OF THESE PETS HAD THEIR
OWN 4@DISTINCT PERSONALITY.
MOSES WAS OUR FIRST CAT AND SHE
WASN'T THE MOST AG4@REEABLE CAT
TO BEGIN WITH.
SHE HAD A COUPLE O4@F ISSUES 4@
WASN'T THE MOST AG4@REEABLE CAT TO BEGIN WITH. SHE HAD A COUPLE O4@F ISSUES 4@@
PUTTING IT 4@POLITELY.
SHE TAUGHT ME PATIENCE AND
RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING.
TOLERANC4@E WAS SOMETHING 4@HE
HER.
SHE TAUGHT ME THOSE 4@THINGS AT
TOLERANC4@E WAS SOMETHING 4@HE HER. SHE TAUGHT ME THOSE 4@THINGS AT@
YOUNG AGE.
SNOWING, THE MIDDLE CAT WAS
FEISTY AND SCRAPPY AND SHE WAS
A LITTLE UNDERSIZED.
SHE NEVER BACK DOWN FROM A
CHALLENG4@E.
SHE 4@NEVER FAT BACK DOWN IF SH
WAS WRONG 4@OR THREATENED. AND
SMALL SINCE SHE TAUGHT ME TO
STAND UP FOR MYSELF WHEN I FELT
THOSE THINGS AS A CHILD.
AND LUCY WAS NOTHING 4@BUT PURE
JOY AND ADULATION 4@4@AND AFFEC
THOSE THINGS AS A CHILD. AND LUCY WAS NOTHING 4@BUT PURE JOY AND ADULATION 4@4@AND AFFEC@
AND SHE WOULD JUST LIGHT UP 4@T
ROOM EVERY TIME SHE CAME IN AND
THE MOST AFFECTIONATE CAT I WAS
EVER AROUND AND IT BECAME
CONTAINED JUST.
ANY TIME YOU WERE AROUND HER
YOU FELT THIS WARMTH 4@AND
HAPPINESS AND I LEARNED IF YOU
CAN PASS IT ON TO OTHERS IT'S A
WONDERFUL THING AND IT'S
CONTAGIOUS AND I LOVED IT AND
SHE'S A GREAT CAP.
>> I WANT TO W4@RAP IT UP WITH @
THIS4@ IS YOU WRITE 4@THERE ARE
STORIES 4@WITHIN THIS.
TH4@ERE ARE 4@REALLY FUNNY STOR
WITHIN THIS.
WAS THERE ONE 4@STORY THAT YOU
REALLY ENJOYED SHAR4@ING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS COMES BACK AT ME EVERY
TIME AND INVOLVES OUR FIRST 4@C
MOSES.
I WAS PROBABLY SIX YEARS OLD AT
THE TIME AND WHEN WE GOT HURT
SHE WAS JUST A 4@LITTLE KITTEN.
WHAT I LOVE TO DO THE MOST IS
CHASE HER AROUND THE HOUSE.
I TRIED TO CATCH HER AND SHE
DID EVERYTHING IN 4@HER POWER A
SO ONE TIME I CHASED HER INTO
MY PARENTS BEDROOM AND SHE WENT
UNDER 4@THE BED 4@AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS HAPPENED
MY PARENTS BEDROOM AND SHE WENT UNDER 4@THE BED 4@AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS HAPPENED@
JUST A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.
I GET UNDER THE BED AND I SEE
HER AND I SEE THOSE GLOWING
EYES AND THEN MY ATTENTION IS
DRAWN 4@TO A BOX AND IT'S AN OL
"STAR WARS" TOY AND A TOY I HAD
BEEN BEGGING MY MOTHER FOR FOUR
MONTHS IT SEEMED AT THE 4@TIME
AND ALL OF MY ATTENTION WENT
FROM4@ THE CAT 4@TO THE BOY AND
CAME OUT AND RACED INTO THE
KITCHEN AND I SAID TO 4@MY MOTH
WHERE DID THAT "STAR WARS" TOY
@ COME FROM AND HER 4@JAW 4@JUST
DROPPED AND SHE GLARED AT ME
WITH THIS RAGE AND SHE SAID I
DON'T BELIEVE YOU FOUND 4@THAT
PRESENT YOU WERE SNOOPING.
YO4@U'VE RUINED CHRISTMAS AND S
WENT ON AND ON.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I DID NOT RUIN
CHRISTMAS.
I GOT 4@THE TOY. 4@EVERYTHING W
BACK TO NORMAL BUT THE 4@LESSON
TO BE LEARNED HERE ESPECIALLY
FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS DON'T GO
CHASING CATS AROUND 4@THE HOUSE
AND UNDER YOUR PARENTS BED
ESPECIALLY