Comments on: Leaning on the brush

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:51:56 +0000

Tiger used to dash off upstairs or down into the basement whenever the vacuum cleaner was turned on. Sometimes just it being brought out was enough to send him into hiding. Now, with the dignity and wisdom of age, he will tolerate it being used in the next room… and even if brought into the same room he is in, he will just casually leave the room. (Well, we call it dignity and wisdom of age, but it might also be ascribed at least in part to some age-related hearing decline.)

By: novie

novie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:27:07 +0000

I do believe that the poet Rumi was a whirling dervish. Hmmm poetry and “dervishness”.

By: Mage Bailey

Mage Bailey — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:50:04 +0000

Lovely piece at the end. Someone else vanquishes the dust too….we are terrible. No guilt about the smelly stuff tho…we don’t use it as it makes us terribly ill.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:54:23 +0000

Ah you make me feel rather guilty as I just swipe hither and yon sometimes.

By: ~ Sil in Corea

~ Sil in Corea — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:41:22 +0000

Hmmmm,…methinks the dervish is a form of trance dance, not unlike meditation. But, (shakes self out of meditative state) the young are welcome to doing housework to develop their meditative skills. I find sitting meditation to be sufficient in my old age. Being able to write “I love you” in the dust tickles my funnybone.

By: Rian

Rian — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:55:48 +0000

We use the Fabreze too, John. But we have to forego the Pot-pourri. With 7 cats, they will either turn it over or eat it…

and although I do like things clean, a certain amount of clutter is ‘homey’. Don’t overdo.

By: gary

gary — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:59:40 +0000

Poor Dolly. Our 2 cats hate the vacuum too, and Penny the beagle bites it
Have a nice Sunday John!