Pie & Pets at Quartet

This looks just like my cat, Pepper

We met at Ali's house for quartet this month. She made vegetable pot pie for dinner and pumpkin pie for dessert. It's always a good day when a person can have double pie!

We went upstairs to her cozy, wood-lined den under the rafters and shared our writing, then watched a film by a local film maker. Through it all we were joined by Ali's two cats, Keillor and Sweetie Pie, and her golden retriever, Wyeth Blue.

It got me thinking about pets and the way they fold themselves into our lives. Ali is the only one of us in the quartet who has a dog, but all of us have at least one cat, and Ali and I have two each. I don't think my cats inspire my writing so much, but they certainly like to keep me company in whatever room I happen to be in the house.
And Gracie likes to come up onto the desk whenever I'm working and wind her way through the obstacles. The problem with that is, with this new touch-screen computer we have, she can wave her bushy tail across the screen and make funny things happen!

Writing is, by necessity a solitary occupation, and it feels good to have a warm body around that doesn't talk, but definitely shows support and understanding, and is non judgemental - even when the writing isn't going all that well.