Of Cats and the Night

My kitten walks on velvet feet
And makes no sound at all;
And in the doorway nightly sits
To watch the darkness fall.
I think he loves the lady, Night,
And feels akin to her
Whose footsteps are as still as his,
Whose touch is soft as fur.

-- "Night" by Lois Weakley McKay

The Natural World

(via 500px / Rose-ringed Parakeet by Santhosh Krishnamoorthy)

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Thursday

The sound of that rattling truck. She's here. Kay. I had the feeling that she might not make it this weekend. Well, at least the pancake breakfast for tomorrow morning should still be on.

Home Life

Looking out the window onto the driveway, seeing Pop's car and Kay's truck, it occurs to me that if I had a driver's license, I would probably go out tonight to get something to eat, and leave them to their thing.

Obama at War

Now that Obama is taking the offense against ISIS, it is being noted that his language has grown tougher, sounding rather Dubya-esque. In a speech at the United Nations, Obama said, “The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force.” Unlike Dubya, however, Obama was willing to take a swipe at our supposed allies, such as the Saudi Arabians, for helping to finance these terrorist groups. “It’s time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down.”

As has been argued, it is difficult to imagine how we can be more successful than when we had all those troops on the ground fighting the enemy directly. Yet, they are not hiding the fact that this will be a long, drawn-out protracted affair, measured in years and years, and it should not be surprising if we see troops going back in in force, especially if the Republicans take back the White House in 2016.

[Sources: Roger Cohen at the NYT // C-SPAN]