Carolyn Holm

Mom!
The bird in the box is CHIRPING!!!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
The what?
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
The Bird in the Box!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
What bird? What box?
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
The bird in the box in the living room.
Winston

Dear Winston,
You mean the TV?
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
The box filled with the things that move!
Winston

Dear Winston,
Ok, you mean the TV.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
The bird there was chirping.
Winston

Dear Winston,
That was a documentary that had a bird in it. I think it’s interesting that you watch TV.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
I like things that move!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
Of course you do. You’re a cat. Cats notice movement. But not all cats notice what’s on TV.
Love, Carolyn

Mom!
Last night there were children running!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
That was an ad on the news program. I noticed you were watching it.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
If I sit on the sofa arm, I can see what’s in the box.
Winston

Dear Winston,
We used to have a cat in our family who watched movies. Chanel’s favorite was The Parrots of Telegraph Hill. So many birds! She was riveted by the sight of all those parrots wheeling about in the sky.
Love, Carolyn

Mom!
I want to see that!
Winston

Dear Winston,
Ok, maybe we can stream it one of these days. She also liked to watch nature docs. So do I, so we watched quite a few of them together. She wasn’t all that interested when they featured big animals like giraffes, or hippos, but she loved when it was about snow leopards. Or meercats.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
I want to watch meercats!
Winston

Dear Winston,
They are very entertaining. Chanel also loved the animated movie “Ratatouille.”
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
You had ratatouille for dinner last night.
Winston

Dear Winston,
How do you even know that?
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
You said “We’re having rat for dinner” and then you laughed and laughed, and then you said “ok, ratatouille”. Why was that funny?
Winston

Dear Winston,
We don’t usually eat rats for dinner.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Why not? I thought rats were good to eat!
Winston

Dear Winston,
Is that the word on the street? Well, maybe I’d try rat one of these days, except I don’t eat meat. So I guess I’ll stick to my vegetable ratatouille.
Love, Carolyn

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