Carolyn Holm

Hey Mom,
The TV news guy was talking about Lizard Warnings!!!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
No, honey, that was blizzard warnings.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
I’m pretty sure he said lizards. Do they swarm over houses? I want to catch a lizard!!!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
There were no lizard warnings. This is like the time when you heard my friend say she had roof rats and you thought she had roof cats.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
But Roof Cats ARE a thing.
Winston

Dear Winston,
Not really, sweetie.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Yes, Puffin told me. He used to be a Roof Cat at your previous house.
Winston

Dear Winston,
He did love to go out the window and on to the roof, to explore it. So, okay, I guess he was a Roof Cat. And many years ago, I had two cats, Madeleine and Ophelia, who got onto the roof when we were having a party in the garden. I saw my guests looking up, and there sat the two cats, perched two stories up, watching everything.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
See! They were Roof Cats too! I want to be a Roof Cat!
Winston

Dear Winston,
We don’t have a window that opens onto the roof, so that won’t be possible.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Maybe I could be a Tree Cat. Puffin says you once had a Tree Cat named Chanel.
Winston

Dear Winston,
Oh, poor Chanel. She got stuck at the top of a redwood tree for a week. She saw the neighbor’s dog running toward her, panicked, and ran right up the tree. But then she didn’t know how to get down, so she just kept going up until she was at the top. The tree had been topped at some point, so the branches sort of formed a flat platform, and she just dug in there.
Love, Carolyn

Mom!
That sounds like so much fun!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
It’s not as fun as you think. The weather turned rainy. She was hungry. A raccoon turned up and told her to move over. Apparently the top of that tree was his personal penthouse. She really wanted to come down, poor girl. We finally found a tree guy who was willing to climb up a redwood tree for a cat. 
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
So maybe a smaller tree. Without a raccoon.
Winston

Dear Winston,
You’ll have to settle for our Cat Tree in the kitchen.
Love, Carolyn

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