November 29, 2007
Friday Cat Toasting
…listen
…about the musicHot Mud, for a hot flame.
Now, THIS is my kind of fire!
And Smudge’s, too.
Here is my sphinx, praying to the Great God of Benevolent Fire.
(yes, on the left, that’s a roll of carpet padding for the stairs and other items still waiting to be installed… the seemingly endless process of turning this house into a home continues… and every time I begin to whine, I remind myself how fortunate I am to have a place to call home.)
Glenn Buttkus said,
November 30, 2007 @ 7:45 am
Smudge looks like he/she is soaking up that heat; interesting how cats can not seem to get too warm, can lie by a fire until their fur is so hot it nearly bursts into flame, and they just purr and dream and love it. Man did a good thing when he domesticated cats I say. Nice juxtaposition there with the fire in the stove being beautiful and the fires in California being malicious, something to mourn over. How did you get the pic of the canyon house burning. That is creepy, to see it in its glory, and then see the first fiery gasps of its demise.
I loved HOT MUD. It is the first piece of your music I have listened to. Being a cheap bastard I will probably listen to all your musical clips before I spring for any of your CD’s. How wonderful to know that with all the discussions that have shown up on Doug Palmer’s blog site, FEEL FREE TO LAUGH, that you are, amongst all of your other accomplishments, a film music composer. How cool is that? I am an old time Trekker, and have managed to collect all the series and films on VHS, like over 700 hours of wonderfulness for the five series. I was once a professional actor, and I remain a film buff and amateur reviewer.
Isn’t it neat that your blog site came into existance about the same time as Doug Palmer’s did. You are a very down to earth “real” person, Alex, and it is great to bend your ear.
Glenn
Alex Shapiro said,
November 30, 2007 @ 9:31 pm
Before I moved out, I had taken lots of lovely photos of that house, inside and out (as you can tell in the “before” pix, it was a striking place architecturally and filled with light and beauty). Then last weekend during the catastrophe, as I was poring over and over the photos posted on the L.A. Times website, these three, terribly sad photos suddenly surfaced. Ouch.
Thanks so much for your wonderful comments, Glenn! It’s great to e-meet you 🙂