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One week from today begins the long-anticipated eighth and final season of Game of Thrones. Meanwhile, back in Westeros...
Game of Claws
Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
There's a kitty-cat,
so dumb and...
Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
Inner-city cat,
so dumb and...
Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
Name of Rudycat,
so dumb and...
Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
Tootie-fruitie cat,
so dumb and...
Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
Evil, stinky son of Binky,
so dumb and...
Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
Brainless libido in a tuxedo,
so dumb and...
Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum, he's a Rudum
He's a Rude.
Tune: Game of Thrones Theme (Ramin Djawadi)
Photo: Paul B. Rucker
Dreams can take you to heaven and drag you through all the levels of hell. They can help you solve problems and relieve stress. In dreams, you can be anyone and do anything regardless of any limitations you have in the physical world. You can meet anyone or anything. In dreams our guides come to us to assist with life’s difficulties.
As a child, I’d often have nightmares, even though I shared a room with two sisters. At some point a black panther began appearing in my nightmares. You would think this fierce hunter would frighten a child even more but I always drew comfort from the black panther. Each time she appeared in my dreams, I knew I could change the dream to be something better than the nightmare. I knew whatever was scaring me I had a choice to let it scare me or I could overcome it.
...I just got off the phone after talking with my spiritual mentor. We discussed the importance of creativity, but mostly other very heavy topics. It was challenging, though she's kind and gentle.
What made it terrifying was that, after facing some ways I defeat myself, I phoned her to discuss them with her. Though they're nothing shocking, it can be scary to disclose one's faults, no matter how humdrum and unremarkable the faults or how nice the person to whom one is speaking.
They say that long ago, before things were as they are today, the Moon fell in love with her brother.
She tried everything she could think of to get into his bed, but he was having none of it. Only Cat shared his bed, no one else.
So Moon goes to Cat one day and says: Cat, trade shapes with me.
And Cat, being Cat, says: What's in it for me?
Says Moon: Someday I shall bear a great many children, and my children will always make a place for you at their hearths.
And Cat, being Cat, says: What else?
Title: I Am a Witch’s Cat
Publisher: HarperCollins
Author/Artist: Harriet Muncaster
Pages: 32 pp
Price: $15.99 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780062229144