Carolyn Holm

Cher Madame,
This Thanksgiving Dinner that you went to yesterday. It was all about pie, non?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You are very observant. Pie was involved. But I’d rather think the event is centered on gratitude. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Dinner is toujours something to be grateful for. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Well, ok. But Thanksgiving is a special dinner to celebrate family and friends, and to feel grateful that we have each other.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat has some of the gratitude.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I’m so glad to hear that! 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Oui, grateful that Madame and Monsieur remember every day to feed this pauvre petit and hungry cat.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Ok I get it, you are grateful for dinners. But aren’t you also grateful for the comfy laps and loving chin scratches?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Oui, those too. And grateful for the comfy spots.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You have quite a few special spots.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
C’est vrai. Madame is very kind to provide cat beds all over the house.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Sometimes visitors comment on the number of cat beds here. With a tone implying that there is something unusual about our household. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Like that creature from the traffic committee. But there is nothing unusual about all our beds.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Thank you. Yes, they are a furniture protection system. But please don’t call her a creature. She is a nice lady. She’s trying to get the city to enforce the speed limit in our neighborhood. So we’ll all be safer!
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
She shrieked “How many cats do you HAVE!” Just because Madame provides a lot of beds.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
She didn’t actually shriek. But people who don’t live with cats don’t always understand that cats aren’t like people, sleeping only in one bed. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Vraiment. But now Madame has raised another issue. The problème of Madame’s bed. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
A problem? You manage to look extremely comfortable in my bed. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Oui, the bed she is lovely. But Madame insists upon the rude daily morning disruption of the bed. One must ask: Pourquoi? Why this deranged disruption by Madame?  
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
This would be the daily bed-making tussle.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Oui, c’est ça. Madame insists upon ejecting this pauvre petit cat from his warm spot, just so she can move blankets around for no apparent reason.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin, 
It’s a human thing, sweetie. We have a ritual called “Making the Bed.” You are usually a stickler for order, so I would think you’d appreciate this ritual. It’s all about order. Some of us make it a daily practice. And when a cat is a dead weight in the middle of it, he requires removal. And you shouldn’t complain – once finished, I top it with the comfy fur blanket that you boys like so much.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat does appreciate that Madame puts out the snugly fur blanket. But the process of removal is rude. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I always tell you very politely that you need to move. But then you hiss. And yell at me. So, I think we both know who’s being rude.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
The hiss and the yell are well deserved for calling this petit cat a dead weight. So many daily insults. There is also the daily problème of Madame requiring her special reading spot, when this little cat has made himself comfy there.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Also annoying. You know that’s my spot for morning coffee and the newspaper. We go through this every day. Every. Single. Day. I have to move you so I can sit there. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Dommage. Madame apparently has forgotten about gratitude. She does not seem very grateful for the petit cat who loves her spot.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Seriously?
Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat saw that eyeroll. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

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