Love That Cat! March 31st, 2020

6:50am What is that zzz zzz zzz sound? Oh, the alarm. Time to get up. I have the first lesson at 8:00am,   Why didn't the cat wake me up earlier?  I was counting on that!  Oh, she is still sleeping. Don't wake a sleeping baby or sleeping cat. 

7:15am Oh, more zz zz zz, I guess I will peel my eyes open. 

7:30am, Yikes! I gotta get up! I have lessons that start at 8:00am!  Quick! 

7:45am  Ok, now I am ready, turn on the computer.  What?  Why won't it turn on? 
Oh I have to flip the red switch. 

7 55am, Come on computer boot up faster than that! 

7:59am, Finally!  gotta teach Harry Potter #1 now, and then My Weird School 

8:05am that's done.  Ok, now what. Oh, more cleaning. Laundry  

9:00am Yikes the top of the Fridge! What a mess, ok do that too. 

10:00am When is my next lesson?  Whew, 11:30am. Ok, got time, Let's take in yesterday's laundry. 

11:25am  Power on computer again, get the website up. Now I am ready to teach Hebrew. 

12:07am  Done with that. When is the next lesson? Yeah because of Daylight Savings Time all the China lessons are a half an hour later.  So I start again at 13:30

16:56 Done with those. next lesson is 19:00 Clarinet on Zoom.  What shall I teach?  Gotta go and figure out that now. Then more cleaning.  The steps for today won't be accurate because I had to plug in phone while I was cleaning in the kitchen. Oh well. 

22:53 Well, finished papering the cabinet over the stove and read a book on Wattpad, now I look up and the evening is gone. Best be time to go to bed, new lesson at 8:00 am, Hebrew phrases./  The same student as yesterday and I don't have to prepare anything. 
 1867 steps 

Love That CAT! March 30th 2020

5:27am  Steps yesterday 804 - On Lockdown in Israel.

Anti social cat wakes me up. She comes to me and body rubs. What does she want? Ok food. Cat! We just went on daylight savings time! I need my beauty sleep!

 5:34 Am going back to sleep fot an hour... if I can

6:34 cat opens door meows oh. It is light out now. Cold !

7:02

Must pray now before I teach
No rain today no matter I am stuck inside because of corona

7:33am

Hi Cherry, 

I am looking for Annie to start her lesson now

7:36

Still no student, sun in my eyes 

Cherry Customer Service 7:35 AM

She is online

Please call her again

I call, and no answer. 

I wait.

Sun still in my eyes. Where are the clouds when you need them? 

I am calling, no answer, maybe she has a problem with her Internet? 

Cherry  Customer service

 7:38 AM

please end the meeting and call again

She is online

7:41

Ramona the cat came to do her bath right next to me.

Cherry E-joy 7:43 AM

She is in Classin

7:43

oh , {embarrassed}  

I go there and we read the story "Mr. Putter and the Stars

Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars

She is a good student and understands the story very well.
But the sun keeps playing hide and see with the clouds and I am blinded by the light again and again.
Maybe I should move my desk again?

Today is Week 3 of the Corona Virus lockdown in Israel.  There are very strict rules here in Israel, so I have only my on-line students now.  Well, I have two music students who agree to have lessons on-line, one flute and one harmonica.   We can't go outside unless to buy food, doctor, or pharmacy.  Stay 2 meters apart from everyone else. 2 people in car only.  Only work from home. 

Well I do that anyway so it is not a problem, except for this Summer Time.  Daylight Savings time. It doesn't save time, just make people get up earlier, and go to be earlier.  The factories are all closed. so why do we do it? Just because. 

9:50 Next lesson at 10:00 got beep from phone.  Stopped Peasach cleaning. Cleaned 5 shelves papered 3.   Next lesson will be a Hebrew lesson.  Maybe Wendy from Taiwan has her book maybe not. I'd better quickly find a cute story in Very easy Hebrew to teach her.  She wants phrases, ok so let's go here:

https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/best-wishes-1.htm
https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/best-wishes-2.htm
https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/best-wishes-3.htm
https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/best-wishes-4.htm
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https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/best-wishes-6.htm

11:00am  I check my google calendar and see that my next lesson is at 12:30 pm, ok, time for some more cleaning.
Let's get to it!


12:30pm,
Taught Wonders book, from the California curriculum ( a while ago I think,) and then Lord of the Rings, California Science,

You are Pericles.  Write a proclamation to the people of the improvements that you want to do for the city. Include at least 3 things that you will do. 

Now I have free time until later today in the evening when I will teach Hebrew.

All this time Ramona is next to me, sleeping in a ball.  I pet her and she doesn't mind.

16:07 Went out to try to get an electric burners for Passover, but the electric shop is now closed, and then called the pet store, they are closed too.  So cat will not have kosher for Passover food, what can I do?

17:18 Went to the supermarket, they have gas burners, but would have to call a tech to put it in, and they are not working.

18:35 Came back home, cleaned a cabinet and then decided to do something about the sun in my eyes in the morning, moved the computer desk around, now won't have a nice background but I hope that I will be able to see the screen without being blinded.  I wonder how many steps I have done so far?

19:01 Turned on computer, Hebrew student will be one minute late. 
19:05 Student is late.

19:06 Student showed up. Write here later

20:00 Student finished her lesson in Hebrew grammar, good job!
20:15 Cooked dinner with my son and then we ate it the three of us stuck in the apartment

21:00 Worked more on the cabinets, now have most of the Milky side cleaned and papered.
22:30 Taught the last lesson of the day, Biblical Hebrew. 

Today's Steps 4672

How to take care of a CAT!

How to take care of a cat. 

Cats are an easy animal to take care of.  

1. Feed your cat, cat food twice a day.  I like to give my cat dry cat food during the week and on Shabbat (Saturday) I give her Fancy Feast. 

2. Make sure that there is fresh water for you cat to drink. 

3. Watch where your cat likes to sleep, and put a soft piece of material there for her (him)

4. Play with your cat with a string, or a toy.  It doesn't have to be from the pet store, but something that you drag on the ground.   Your cat likes to hunt and this is a way to make her to have fun with you. 
Pet your cat!  Your cat likes to be pet when he purrs, or rubs his body next to your legs. Pet your cat between the ears, under the collar, but not on the belly!  You might get scratched by four sets of claws! 

5. Have a place where you cat can hide, or a box that she can call her own. 

6. Cats love to scratch things, so a scratch box is a good idea. 

7 Have a litter box for your cat.  Fill with sand, 

Sift through the  to take the cat's shit out every day or every other day. 

  Good luck with your new cat!  Have fun taking care of your CAT!! 

Prophetmaking - Short Story

Prophetmaking A short story

Can this apply to Cats too?  Of course! Read on!

And the Lord brought all of the prophets together.

Each from his place, each from his time, each from his tribe.

And yea, even of different kinds.

And the Lord brought his prophets from all manners of places in the universe.

From worlds of only water, from worlds of only air, and from worlds of land and air and water.

And the Lord brought his prophets from all times, from peoples who were the children of the very first sun and peoples who lived long after the last sun cast its last light.

Each man, woman and intelligent creature stood in the Lord's presence and was awed.

They knew no sense of time, feeling or place.

For it is holy to be in the present of the Lord.

And the Lord looked over the multitudinous crowd of his holy prophets and was pleased.

And each intelligent creature heard a voice, in his own language they heard the words of the Lord.

And what they heard was that they were each chosen from their own time, place and world to bring a message of the Lord to his each own people.

And then a great chatter broke out among the prophets.

Each had the same thought foremost in his or her mind.

"But Lord", each said, in his own language, I am but a common (Man), (Woman), (Creature), (Being), I am not suited for such a great mission.

I have no ambition for either power or glory, Oh nay, My Lord, Pick another more worthy of this great honor!

And the Lord heard each creature and understood him in every language and knew the individual voice of every prophet.

And the Lord noted the plaintive cry of all his prophets and their great woe.

And the Lord showed the prophets as if on a great screen, the job that he had chosen for each and every one.

And each prophet saw the scene, but saw his own world and heard with his own speech and saw the scenes of his own time.

And the the Lord showed the prophets scenes of goodliness, of kindness and of happiness.

And the Lord gave each prophet time to think.

And then the Lord charged unto each prophet his duty, "Each of you I have chosen for my special duty." said the Lord. "You are my holy prophets, you are  consecrated unto Me, I will send each of you back to his people when that people are ready to hear my words and perform my deeds.

And the Lord gave each prophet the gift to Understand.

And the words to speak with his neighbors.

For the Lord thought that discourse between intelligent beings was good.

And each prophet talked to his neighbor and each said the same thing to each other. "I am but a common (creature), (woman), (man), no smarter nor wiser than others. I do not fully understand my being here, but if I am but given the power to help my people, I would."

And each prophet said his speech with his own words with his own mannerisms, with his whole being.

And the Lord heard each prophet and understood.

And the Lord provided each with his own quarters with accommodations he was used to and let the prophets retire, for each and everyone of them had traveled a distance longer than any could think of.

And each prophet slept soundly, full of dreams.

And they dreamed of familiar faces and happy places.

They dreamed of scenes forgotten and their joy of everyday life.

And they learned through their dreams what they were to do.

When each awoke, they were guided back to the great meeting place.

And the Lord taught each prophet his Teachings.

And each prophet understood, in his own way of seeing the world and his own way of speaking, the words of the Lord. Each species of intelligent creature heard the words differently, but the words were the same.  Each creature believed differently but believed the same belief.

Each had faith differently, but had faith in the Lord.

And each prophet learned the words and ways of the Lord, but learned them differently.

And these different ways of believing became different religions, the beliefs fitting in within each culture and heritage.

And the Lord saw that it was good. For it is in the diversity of opinion that the truth emerges.

And for days upon days the Lord taught his prophet.

And each night each prophet learned more and wished he could be home again.

And each longed to hear the sounds of home; the clanging of air molecules in the sky, which in some worlds is called thunder, the sound of light waves hitting the skin which in this language we call heat, and other mundane sounds of home that one never notices unless deprived of their comfort.

And then one day, a long long time had passed since any of them had seen their homeworlds, the Lord told them that they were ready.

And the soul of each prophet lifted a little with the thoughts of home.

And the Lord cautioned that each would be going back to his world when his people needed him the most.

And each prophet was gladdened by the thought of home.

And the Lord charged his prophets to think deeply about his teachings and to always to think of God.

And each prophet thought deeply and fully of the Lord's words.

And then they hit upon a great Idea - all at once - for great ideas may come to many people at one time and still be completely original.

Each prophet devised rituals that would enable followers to look at a ritual object or perform a ritual practice, and thus be reminded of the Lord.

And thus each prophet now had rules and precepts that he could relate to his people and all would understand.

And so there were as a great many ways of seeing the Lord as there were of remembering the Lord.

For as there are a great many ways of belief, that are a great many ways of worship.

And the Lord saw that it was good.

And he sent back each prophet to his own time, place and world, and he hoped that the universe would be good.

Dear Miss Kitty - Being replaced!

Dear Miss Kitty,

I am very upset.  My owner just bought a ROBOT CAT!  https://www.joyforall.com Here you can see me in the video checking out this machine.  It is soft, meows, moves one paw and lies down on it's back.  She even gave it a name!!  Silver! What kind of person names a ROBOT?  The robot lives in the box, and she takes it out to pet!  Why doesn't she pet me????
All the time, the robot cat.  It is not alive!
But it doesn't bite or scratch, it has no claws!
How can I deal with this intruder?
How can I get it go back out?


Thanks for your help!
Being replaced


Dear Rep,
Well, I feel for you my friend. Ever since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, humans have been busy inventing all sorts of things that run on electricity.   They cook with it, use the light, run computers, and play music.  There is an example with musicians.  Before the record player (that runs on electricity) there was a big demand for musicians to play music live.  They could get jobs performing in restaurants, dances and concerts.  But now with music being on-line, live musicians are not needed.  Maybe this is what will happen to us cats with the advent of Robot cats like this one.
https://www.joyforall.com   These robots are soft, and don't make the mess that us cats do.  Maybe in some situations it is better for the human to have one of these cats.  But remember my furry, meowing friend, if you want your human to love you, don't bite or scratch.  I know that it is instinct, but they just want to feel you purr.
Is that such a bad thing?

Good Luck,
Miss Kitty

Dear Miss Kitty - Cat Advice column

Dear Miss Kitty! 

You just gotta help me!!  My owner's daughter just always wants to pick me up and hug me, Even Kiss Me!  I can't stand it! I like my four feet on the ground and I don't like to be in the air.  I feel unsafe and I bite and scratch until I'm back where I belong!  

Help!!  
UP in the Air! 


Dear Up, 

I wish I could help you.  Some humans are like that,  you know. They see a cat and have to pet it.  Now if you were a dog, it would be a different story, you could bark.  But try not to use your claws, humans don't like to bleed too much.  

Can you calm yourself?  Go to the scratch box? 

I wish I could help you more. 

Miss Kitty 

Dear Miss Kitty - Cat advice column!

Miss Kitty on the piano

Dear  Miss Kitty, 

This is really embarassing to write to you, I just don't know what to do! My owner always wants to pick me up, and I mean all the time!  She just has to girlhandle me and I hate it!  Most of the time I just run away and I'm afraid that she will get tired of me and put me outside and get another cat! But I can't help it!  I used to be an outdoor cat, but she saw me and caught me.  


Help! 
Squeaker 

Dear Squeaker, 

If you want my opinion and I think that you do I would put up with it.  The outside world is a hard place for cats.  Just the other day I saw a cat get hit by a car.  It was not a pretty sight, so grin it and bear it.  Stay inside and be a good housecat.  No scratching the furniture in revenge!

Good luck
Miss Kitty

Scratch Post to give away from Ramona in Jerusalem

Hi I am doing a bit of early cleaning, and I want to give away this beautiful scraching post.  I didn't even put a paw on it and it is brand new!  Ok, well I did bat the ball a bit, but I like scrach boxes way better so if you are a cat, or if you get your owner to read this then you can get this scraching post for free.  It is located in Jerusalem. 

SMS to my owner: Rachael 0587500608 to come and pick it up! 

What? A Robot Cat? Really? Ramona answers the Robot Cat.

What do you have to say for yourself?  Hey Robot Cat!  Answer me when I talk to you! https://amzn.to/2FoJqrr

So, this human had to go and get a Robot Cat!  What does it do?  It meows, it purrs and rolls over.  
Big deal I can do that too! 

But then, I also hiss, bite and scratch.  Oh, you don't like that?  Is that why this Robot Cat is here?  What you didn't buy it yet?  Well maybe you should! Fine, be like that!  

https://amzn.to/2OMt9fp

What about this Robot cat?  It's for kids, you say.  And what does it do?  
Meows, walks, When you clap your hands, touch the cat or stamp your feet, the cat will bark and take different movement randomly.

Bark?  This cat will bark?  Well, that's definitely not a cat sound.  Although I do a cat bark sometimes.  Want to hear? 

Yes, Put me Down, Let me Go!  I gotta get out of here!

A robot cat won't mind being pet.  

Fine, so go get one!  

I don't mind, really.  

Well maybe I do.  

Huff.  

Wait, and don't forget to clean my litter box before the weekend!  

Ramona from Jerusalem 

DISCLOSURE
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Ramona's Last time outside! - Short Story

This is me, I am Ramona and I used to be able to go outside. But I made a big mistake and now I have to stay in. 

But you want to know my story? Yes?  

I was adopted by a loving family in Jerusalem when I was a kitten.   Here is a video of when I was a kitten, I was cute?  No, more like a rat.  But no matter. I was loved and I liked music. 

But I like adventure and so when the back door would open, I would run for it and climb the pergola and whoop, out on the roof I would go.  Did I tell you that we live on the 7th floor? Yes, it is a long way down!  

This is the view from the window inside. 

But one day I was able to get out!! Glory be, it was wonderful to be up on the roof!  Fresh air, chasing pigeons, taking a nap in the sun, what more could a cat want? 

Food.  Yes, but freedom is more important! 

I was have a grand time all day, and I wasn't even hungry.  

Ohh, the wind is starting to blow!  It is getting dark!  I need go back inside, but now it is raining!  Rain! Water from the sky.  I can't go out in that!  I'm hungry now.  
Where? Oh, there is a cat sized space.  I've never been here before,  its dirty. Yuck, no food, but here's a puddle.  Tastes weird, oh well. 

Tired, Gotta sleep.  

Whoa, it is still raining. How long has it been? I don't know, but now I'm really hungry!  

Meow, Meow meow. 

Meow Meow Meow 

Nobody is here.  
Wait, there is someone, my family has come to find me, but I don't like being caught.  They brought me some food.  I'll wait until they leave and then take it. 

Meow Meow Meow 
Still raining.  It must be another day, This place is really dirty, there is a noise that I hear rummph rummph rummph  then it stops and goes again.  There is a machine that goes up and down.  Its interesting to see, but I don't want to go close. 

Meow Meow Meow 

I have to sleep here again. No soft cushions and it wet.  wet wet. 

Now I wake up and its stopped raining.  Can I go home now?  

I think I remember how to find the way back.  This way? No, yuck another dirty puddle. 

Ahh, the roof!  Here it is!  I have to find my litter box.  Gotta find the litter box.  You know a cats gotta go sometime. 

There, the porch of my family.  Zuup, zomp, zump, oh, the paws hurt that last jump was a doozy! in at last.  wow, how dirty I am, this is going to take some time to clean up. 

I was gone for 3 days?  Wow, well one moment up the stairs, litter box here I come!!!

Cats act like . . .

Cats act
like
A snake on the prowl

 like
A tiger growl

like
a beggar with out streched hand

like
a seagull scratching the sand

like
sandpaper kiss

like
you will always miss

When they leave and don't look back.


Rachael Alice Orbach     Enjoy this video with original music and pictures