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"I have need of the sky. I have business with the grasses. I will up and away at the break of day to where the hawk is wheeling lone and high and where the clouds drift by."   - Richard Hovey, 1894-1961

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Berkeley



I've spent nearly the last week in West Berkeley housesitting. It's really more cat-sitting than house-sitting. There are three cats. In the picture is my favorite - Boo. Boo sleeps on the bed with me at night and is marking my computer as I type. He watches the yarn intently, but respectfully, when I knit. He laid on my back and cleaned my hair while I finished The Bonesetter's Daughter this afternoon in the only patch of sun in the house. After I laid the book down, he promptly took ownership of that corner of the bed.