little bitty girl

Baby, it's cold outside.... How cold? It's been hovering between -20 C (-4 F) and -35 C (-31 F) and really this weather would have been tolerable if we had any HEAT! I swear, I think our landlord is trying to get us to move. Years ago when we moved in, the area was somewhat sketchy and no one really got "loft living." Now, with recent developments and the opening of some really stellar restaurants and building of condos, the area is hot and happening. We still pay reasonable rent in comparison to some of our new neighbours that have moved in. Needless to say, I've been spending most of my week keeping warm. Fingers left out of blankets, or sleeves start to turn into little icicles.

I borrowed The New Natural Cat from the library in order to educate myself more on taking care of Mindy, who has had recent bouts of illness in a more natural way. Like anything new, I read it through and tried to determine for myself what made sense. Sometimes "natural" healing books are too pro-their way and against the others' way. I liked that this book had both pros and cons of both. Even though she does lean more toward the natural way of healing, she also recommended visiting a vet you trusted with your feelings about alternative healing and also going to a vet should your cat be seriously ill. I think I am actually going to buy this book since it's just been a wealth of information and I think I will refer back to it often. Mindy's already benefited from a couple of remedies the book suggested for her irritable tummy.

I am trying to re-read some of my classics and I remembered being viscerally shocked when I first read Lady Chatterley's Lover. Mind you, the very first time I had read it I was merely thirteen and the idea of cheating, having an affair and "fucking" (my first time ever reading the word, I had heard it of course but not read it. Especially not in a "classic" book) was so mind blowing. I wanted to know whether it had the same effect on me. It did and it didn't. I think the first time I read it, I was more shocked by the whole affair and the second time, I really got into the main character's and understood their loneliness, their isolation from each other.

I also think the reason why it was so awe inspiring when I was younger, because the book dealt with people having sex "back then" and I had a child's view about sex in general. Every generation always thinks that it invented sex and our elders couldn't have possibly "done it" with each other! I mean, how shocking! We all came from pods before, you know.

I would write more but my fingers and toes are about to fall off. I leave you with a song that I've been listening to and thinking of my own sweet escape. Hopefully to somewhere warm, where people serve me alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas...