Donna Said
Jazz Floof
Jazz Floof (floofinition) – 1. An exuberant display by an animal, normally marked by extended legs, claws, and tail, and a grinning display of teeth.
In use: “As he often did a jazz floof, the little rescue kitten became known as Floouie Armstrong in honor of the great jazz trumpeter.”
2. An animal who enjoys jazz music.
In use: “Whenever she put on her jazz CDs, her jazz floof lab sat down, eyes partially closed, tail thumping the floor, and listened.”
Thursday’s Theme Music
Happy Thursday! Time to celebrate. Coffee is on me.
Welcome to March 11, 2021. Temperatures didn’t slump much last night in my realm of Ashland, just 38 degrees F. We’ve rebounded to 47. The sun broke over the horizon at 6:30 AM and will drop below the horizon at 6:13 PM.
Today’s music is “Under My Thumb” by a little musical band known as the Rolling Stones. The song was released in 1966, which is to say, a few decades again. The memory well brought it up due to Jill’s comments that she has five obnoxious cats that she wouldn’t trade for a million pieces of gold. Reading it, I chuckled, “Sounds like they have you under their paws.” Lot of people who share floofxistence with animals have that feeling, that the animals with which they board are really the ones in charge. The animals can’t buy food or open cans, and have limited success opening doors and cupboards, but they give us looks, make noises, sing, bark, meow, and purr to us, and generally connive, con, seduce, and coerce until we’re doing everything to appease them.
Stay positive. Test negative. Wear a mask. Get the vax. Look how much progress we’ve made. Don’t screw up by getting complacent now.
Cheers
Haifloof #59
A new door opened
expecting to get outside
the small cat ran in
Interrofloof
Interrofloof (floofinition) – animal who must investigate, examine, and attend everything being said or happening.
In use: “Inspector Jade, the resident interrofloof, arrived as soon as the package was brought into the house, sniffing it with whiskers moving, muttering impatient mews and pawing it as she waited for them to open it.”
Wednesday’s Theme Music
Hello! Welcome to another edition of ‘Wednesday’s Theme Music’. Today is March 10, 2021. Skyorb rise was at 6:32 AM. Skyorb set will be at 6:12 PM. After dipping to 32 degrees F during the night, the outside temperature has bounced up to 39 under a flat gray sky. Wet surfaces glisten and shine outside as pine and oak trees peer out of fog banks a few hundred yards up the mountain. Rain looks imminent.
Music today comes by way of writing efforts yesterday. After writing, I was out on a walk, thinking through where the story was and the paths it was following, formulating the tactics for picking up the paths and taking them forward. After a time of this, satisfied with my decisions and directions, ready to turn home because sunrise was a few minutes away and I was a mile from home, Van Halen’s “Finish What Ya Started” (1988) arrived in my mental music stream. I enjoy the riff that begins this song, and how the song builds off it.
Stay positive — you know the rest. After a year of the coronavirus pandemic, you should, lessen y’all been hiding under a rock or sumpten. I’ll say it all anyway: stay positive, test negative, wear a mask, and get the vax. Of course, once you get the vax, some of the guidance changes for you, so stay up to date, ‘kay? Be smart. Stay safe.
Cheers
Haifloof #57
The black dog watches
with unblinking eyes judging
friend or foe?
Motörfloof
Motörfloof (floofinition) – Flooflish flock band formed in 1975. Playing a loud, fast brand of heavy metal, the band was active until 2015. Usually playing as a power trio, Motörfloof released 44 albums, including 10 live recordings and 12 compilation albums over a career spanning 40 years.
In use: “In 1979, Motörfloof broke into the top forty with the single, “Overfloof”, which reached number 39 on the Floof K singles chart.”
Hayfloof
Hayfloof (floofinition) – Animal who enjoys straw, is discovered living in straw or hay, or is the color of straw.
In use: “Five little hayfloofs were discovered in the barn with their Mom. Three of the hayfloofs were miniatures of Mom, dogs with brown, black, and white spots, but the other two blending in with the straw bed, such was their color.”
