Francine and the Jasmine Plant

Francine in Jasmine
Francine in Jasmine

Here is Francine exploring the jasmine plant, which was brought inside this morning after enjoying a hot humid summer on the porch. In this case, curiosity will NOT kill the cat. I checked. Jasmine is nontoxic to cats. However, I love that plant and have had it for 15 years. If it gets wrecked, let it be known that curiosity may not have killed the cat, but Snyder did.

In the meantime, while she has all nine of her lives yet, I will make cute videos of her for everyone to go “aw” over. Enjoy.

The Smell of Books

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“In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and drying page as if it were an exotic incense. Sometimes he would pause, remove a volume from the shelves, and hold it for a moment in his large hands, which tingled at the still unfamiliar feel of spine and board and unresisting page. Then he would leaf through the book, reading a paragraph here and there, his stiff fingers careful as they turned the pages, as if in their clumsiness they might tear and destroy what they took such pains to uncover.”

– from Stoner by John Williams (1965)