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2/11/2014

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Oh my word it's been far too long since I updated you, my dedicated readers, on my life and my work. But what is there to say of the last months? I have been deep into my research, coming up for naught but a scratch, a string, and some heinous application of flea medication by these humans all about me.

The winter has been a cold one, this much even a bird or a mouse would notice and I can only imagine that those villainous rapscallion creatures have been tucked away in hiding multiplying as the other felines and I have cooped up inside, staying out of the wet and frozen terrain. Now granted, I never venture out into that grimy world outside, but that is because I have all that I need inside the bookstore! What more could a cat require other than books? I have made great progress into my cat history and even found time to scour the shelves of fiction, poetry, philosophy, and science to further expand my cat brain. Ms. Tabitha Furstein can eat my dust in the coming citywide feline quizbowl!

Here's a fun New Orleans cat history fact for the day: After Admiral David Farragut captured New Orleans for the Union Army in April of 1863 during the Civil War, Major General Benjamin "Beast" Butler was given charge of the city. This you may already know. What you likely don't know is that The Beast brought with him fifteen cats from his home of Massachusetts and that the tufts of hair that adorned the sides and back of his head were in fact shaved from the hides of those cats and glued on, so that he could avoid the indignity and not lose respect among the populace for being completely bald. This, and no other reason that you may have learned in history books, is the reason for the nickname "Beast."

Until the next!
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Michelle Mueller
11/9/2014 01:11:53 pm

Dear Juniper, I love reading your blog! You have a wonderful sense of humor, and your wit is as sharp as a knife. Your intense feline curiosity always renders such interesting and "never-known-before" facts. I am a regular "human" visitor of yours so I know firsthand the quaint, peaceful world of exploration you live in. You are literally in the presence of information on every subject, as well as many, many stories that have come from many, many imaginations. But I digress!
I really started writing to request more communication from you more often! I miss you in your long absences from your website. I miss hearing of your escapades there at the Bookshop, and also the interesting bits of trivia. Hope to hear from you soon!

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    I'm a cat and a big reader. I don't like birds. I don't like mice. I don't like roaches. I'm okay with dogs. I keep myself clean and I love being pet!

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