Souls They Do Take Flight

…Silent slivers of moonbeam sliding through the trees while children play at close of day in shadow of thier leaves.The dogs of night are calling in silent speak of hound as fields of grass prepare for morning’s dew to ground.People flit from here to there as cats of ridge soon will dare to hunt for whatever can be found.

…He goes here and she goes there on urgent errands running with thoughts of this or notions that when will the bills stop comming.Lost in dream of empires to build now for future comming there is no play at end of day when find exhausted sleep to dream of times where freedom finds that what soul does seek.

…With silent stealth and and reams of wealth the moon she slips into the sky to have and hold and be so bold as world turns on by.In restless sleep she walks in dreams of knight on mighty horse while next to her in dreamless slumber lays the man that was her choice.Of Maiden Fair his dreams are there but hidden from her sight as world turns and moonbeams burn on through the summers night.

…Come break of day now on seperate ways with sighs of dreams gone by she rus to here while he dashes there recalling then the Maiden Fair that haunted dreams of night.Needs must out they run about distracted by the means of living here where not to dare attempt to dream it seems.To sleep perchance to dream a fleeting thought flies by on mighty steed to do the deed that was lost within her sigh.

…On silent silver slivers again the moon comes calling casting magic moonbeams into their dreams come falling.He meets her there the Maiden Fair in forest dark and deep perchance to dream near bubbling stream as night with silence speaks.Deep in dream he’s falling on the wind his name she’s calling uninted in the night as Mistress Moon she see’s them swoon as souls they do take flight.

………Thecatsman PhD(school of hard knocks..Ret.)……..

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The Daily Drivel (vol.4 issue 30)

…Dateline The Cats Castle East Tennessee USA…

…Well a happy TGIF to one and all…

…We’re catching our breath and resting up today after a hard week doin the roadside hustle…

…I started with a full day of furniture cleaning Monday followed by open the market go mow two lawns then close the market on Tuesday…

…Next came a hump it,lump it,stump it Wednesday…

…And on Thursday an earyl morning drive in the country to a place tucked in at the root of these old mountains in a small private valley…

…Picked up a load of freebies and an old washtub set for a 50/50 split on the take…

…Have to go back there for some antique evaluations and possibly a deal on selling some old trucks and a camper…

…”Holy cow Batman” we seem to be finding a different direction to play in…

…Plus we had a drive by shopper from Wisconsin of all places and a fascinating fellow who spotted some old chemistry glassware we found in the banana boxes…

…A Purdue educated fellow who had taught and been vice principal out at the Cosby high school…

…We discussed his adventures in chemistry over the years and came to the conclusion that the fun has been taken right on out of education these days…

…Seems they don’t teach chemisrty like they used to cause they think the kids will do bad things with the chemicals and equipment…

…Like we NEVER did anything like that..nope NEVER…

…Heard some good stories and met some intewresting folks along the way too…

…But closed out the week with a poor drug crazed woman looking for “help cause I had a fire”…

…Something available at any number places in town as long as you have a fire report to prove the need…

…We get this more often than I care to mention…

…The con being you “help” by giving them clothes,household goods or whatever and they run down the road and pawn it off to buy more damn pills…

…This woman was higher than a kite and I was happy to see her move on down the road…

…It’s a vicious addiction these people suffer from with these modern PERSCRIPTION medications…

…Oh well I would count it as a pretty good week anyway…

…Made some cash,had some fun,worked to damn hard and have lines and connections out on more merch and some other interesting deals…

…And even lived to tell the tale…

…Takin Saturday off this week too just for good measure…

…And Miss Leslie was worried at where the merch was gonna come from..SMH…

…I’ll tell ya I ain’t no “picker Dude”..nope I’m a danged Merch Magnet…

…Oh well in a couple weeks we’ll go back to the valley and I can hear some stories from the fellow who lived all the way up in Alaska for six or so years…

…Ifin ya wanna travel the world just come on down the the Long Island Lady’s Roadside Huslte cause it takes all kinds to make the world go round…

…And it seems they all come to see her sooner or later…

…Yall have a wonderful weekend now..Ya hear…

……………………..Thecatsman PhD(school of hard knocks..Ret.)…………………………….

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The Daily Drivel (vol.4 issue 28)

…Dateline The Cats Castle East Tennessee USA…

…Clouds embrace the mountain tops as natures life giving rain washes away the pains of winter…

…With a distant rumbling boom the thunderheads clash as bolts of white hot lightning in the distance flash…

…Dancing drops of rain combine washing down to stream to find once again river’s way…

…beginning in the dreams of night now to welcome breaking day…

…What will you see and who shall you be ere the break of day…

…Will you abide and hide inside or go out dancing in the rain…

…Perchance to play in natures way that daylight ushers in…

…It is a choice to raise your voice to mountain top on high…

…You can scream or dare to dream of days not yet gone by…

…To stand upon the mountain top demanding for the pain to stop with yesterdays washed away…

…Planting feet upon the ground as nature dances all around embrace this break of day…

…For then to choose to win or lose and place your fears at bay…

…It is your choice to find your voice and renew your life this day…

………Thecatsman(PhD school of hard knocks..Ret)………

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The Daily Drivel SPECIAL STORM EDITION

…Dateline The Cats Castle East Tennessee USA…

…Yowsa,yowsa,yowsa…

…Man the BIG storms have been rolling through Tennessee and nearby places all day and night…

…This reporter has it at 91 tornados today…

…Here at the Castle we had 3,count them 3 tornado WARNINGS…

…The last having just expired a short bit ago…

…Cleared the first two…

…But the third was a charm..NOT…

…No tornado but the wind,hail and lightening came on by for a visit…

…I got dressed and the womenfolk got up out of bed and dressed too…

…Not that there is anywhere to go but it’s good to have your shoes and clothes on just in case the storm gods decide to take ya for a Dorthy ride…

…Thank God that did NOT happen and all is intact and well at The Castle as of this writing…

…Yet another adventure for the Servants and Masters of the Castle…

…The Captin of the gaurd is still in hiding somewhere outside but his young trainee is safe on the deck…

…After being forcibly brought inside and getting into a spat with the Twiginator…

…Mama was worried about him but he’s safe and happy now back outside…

…Storms ain’t over just yet but the really bad stuff seems to be done…

…Now just gotta mind the flash flooding that usualy comes with these big rains…

…We’re pretty safe from that though if we don’t wander into the wrong places…

…Oh well coffee is on now and life is good again…

…Even if it has been and will be a long night…

…Yall stay safe now..Ya hear…

…………..Thecatsman(PhD school of hard knocks..Ret.)………………..

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Your “Super” Day

…Well the vaunted Super Sunday has come and gone with all the hype and hoopla that travels along with it.Miss Leslie had prepared a special dinner,not for the game day but just because she wanted to.A wonderful seafood and pasta dish that hit the table moments before kick off.I didn’t mind as no matter how hard I looked I just didn’t see any Green Bay Packers on the field.A little factoid that shall we say lowered my interest level a notch or two.
…It was a good game with a few entertaining commercials but as I said my interest level was not all that great.Come round about halftime as the vaunted Madada was hauled out I hastily reached for the remote.Not being a Madada fan in the slightest ANYTHING had to be better.
…The next nearest thing on ye ole booby tube was a three year old 60 minutes interview witn Miss Dolly Parton.Can’t say I’m a big fan of her either but being she’s a neighbor,just a hop down the 411 to the next town over,I settled on the show and thourghly enjoyed the piece.A delightful woman Miss Dolly and she had old Morley wrapped right around her little old finger as it were.
…As I watched in wonder at this woman from the Great Smoky Mountains who seems to have become almost larger than life I couldn’t help but to ponder my own arrival here in these old mountains.I have come to this time and place late in life,well seemingly late closing in on my mid fifties,and somehow have discovered some new facets to this old cat’s personality.
…The roots of these old mountains run deep into Mother Earth and the folks in these here parts…..Well they will surprise and delight you if ya give them a chance.There is magic here just outside my back door and I can easily see how The Long Island Lady went from New York to Florida and then landed here.She calls herself a “halfback” cause she started north,went south and ended up halfway inbetween and now here I am the smalltown boy who often wondered if he was in the right time and place.
…I don’t wonder anymore,I have come to realize that this is my destiny to be here with Miss Leslie and the Masters.This is not now nor has ever been a “budding young romance”.We are old souls who have been before and will be again lovers,partners and “soulmates” as the folks say these days.We who are of modest worldly means share a wealth of heart and soul that my humble ponderings have not the talent nor depth to explain with words.Leaving one to wonder if these old mountains reached out and brought our souls here to this time and place to LIVE the MAGIC that is life and love.
…Ponder,ponder let your soul wander and perhaps you may find those dreams that seem to haunt your mind.

……………Thecatsman PhD(school of hard knocks..Ret.)……………

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The Daily Drivel (vol.4 issue 20)

…Dateline The Cats Castle East Tennessee USA…

…What a wonderfully lazy Wednesday has ensued here in the Great Smoky Mountains…

…A meeting was taken and decision made early on that nothin but nothin was going to be accomplished today…

…We’re both nursing some aches and pains from working over the roadside market yesterday…

…Been several weeks without the harder labor that comes with our happy little place on the highway…

…A place where the sea of humanity washes up some folks to enjoy our beach for a short while…

…Truth be told I think they all come by for a few words and a smile from the Long Island Lady,but I could be a tad biased on the matter…

…It’s days like today when the mountains in my back yard are embraced by clouds and the life force of the blue planet rains down and washes away the old to make way for the new that gives one time for reflection…

…One can find their reflection in a mirror,in the eyes of a lover and if you know how to see in the drops of rain dancing down from the clouds to the mountain side on their way to river and sea…

…Life giving rains bringing forgiveness for winters woes watering the frozen world’s soul…

…What do you see and who will you be as springtime comes again to pass…

…In all of nature’s splendor it is only we humans that may render the choices of the day…

…To hide inside of self or take your freedom from the shelf and learn the mountain’s way…

……The Catsman(PhD school of hard knocks..Ret.)……

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The Daily Drivel(vol.4 issue 15)

…Dateline The Cats Castle East Tennessee USA…

…A good Monday to one and all…

…I was out running errands this morning here in beautiful east Tennessee…

…Had a nice visit with the landlord,a good friend of Miss Leslie’s and by extension myself…

…Another of our market friends has come to call today…

…She has a soon to be daughter in law that works on the local Police Department…

…Seems she was on a domestic disturbance call last night and in the course of her duties noted that some children at the residence were in pretty bad need of some clothing…

…She had mentioned this to our friend and right this minute she and Miss Leslie are digging through our supplies of kids clothes to see what we can send on out for those kids…

…Now the point of this is NOT to draw any praise and of course we will donate these goods with a flat refusal to take anything but maybe a thank you…

…No the point of this writing is a thought that has happened into my oft befuddlerd mind as the gals take care of business…

…As proper members of this society we call human we often are called upon to do the right thing when it happens along our way…

…But I wonder how many of us LOOK for the OPPORTUNITY to do “the right thing”…

…As that is what is in process here at The Castle today…

…The Lady who was the responding officer saw a need…

…She took the opportunity to tell her future mother in law…

…Who in turn knew exactly what to do…

…Come to see us as she knows we are always LOOKING to help where we can…

…It’s part of the positive power we derive from the universe…

…You can do the right thing when it comes along…

…Or you can look for the chance to do the right thing…

…Possibly a fine distinction but to me an important one…

…Our friend will be meeting up with the Officer later out at our booth…

…Miss Leslie told them where to look and to take anything they need to help out those kids…

…We do what we do because of who we are,and we are who we are because of what we do…

…LIFE is about looking for opportunity,not to receive wealth but to DO THE RIGHT THING…

…Then to enjoy as the wealth of being human bestows itself in your soul…

…Ponder,ponder let your mind wander…

…Peace to you my friends…

………Thecatsman PhD(school of hard knocks..Ret.)……..

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