Wow - scary! My sister lives in Cambridge, and she hasn't e-mailed me yet with any news, but it sounds like it's all over the UK! A question, though - that little 3 year old whose mum was out in the woods with him - aren't people aware beforehand that the winds will be high, or do the gusts just come up without warning? If it were I, I'd stay indoors on a lower floor until the winds died down. Here in the US they are so proactive about broadcasting weather warnings, it sometimes gets to be overkill, and then people disregard the bulletins. How sad, too, the loss of beautiful old trees - not as irreplaceable as people, of course, but irreplaceable just the same. I hope everything is well with you where you are.
The legend says that Mohammed adored cats. When one of them was sleeping on his sleeve and he had to go out, Mohammed supposedly cut off the sleeve so as not to disturb his pet.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast - Proverbs 12:10
How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven. - Robert A. Heinlein
What greater gift than the love of a cat? ~ Charles Dickens
There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. - Dan Greenberg
If purring could be encapsulated, it'd be the most powerful anti-depressant on the market. ~Alexis F. Hope
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