The Tempest Papers (Sunday Funnies!)

Holy beans! I almost forgot it was Sunday!!! Eeek :)

FOUR of my kids and their significant others (and their kids) left the state on Thursday night & Friday morning. My oldest took the grandkids, her husband and our youngest daughter @abyni to visit relatives out of state.

My oldest son Kainan took his roommate, our daughter Paris @loliboofae and her friend Jazz on a camping trip to Colordao.

That means that I am enjoying a lot of alone time, QUIET time, uninterrupted writing time and some husband time with @serapium. He's working a LOT at the moment, though, so it's usually just me and the animals (unless I'm wearing myself out helping him do his construction & remodeling jobs. My back is not up for much of that!!!)

Anyway, back to the matter at hand, here is Tempest once again. The cat who traveled with us on our sailboat while we lived and journeyed through Florida, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and the Dominican Republic. It was quite an adventure with two cats, two dogs, four young adults and Patrick and ME!

Here is Tempest's take on the boat life if you're a cat. You can use this to determine if your cat would enjoy the boat life or if they would instead prefer to vomit on your pillow to show their displeasure...

Dear Paris,
Well, its letter writing time again., mainly
because there isn’t much else for me to do.
I did my morning routine, complete with my
meditation, my stretching, lying in the sun,
eating and thinking about things. I get so
much done every morning, it’s great, but that
does leave quite a lot of the day left to find
something to do. Anyway, so now I’m going
to write you a letter. I can't believe the
humans have never caught me using the computer.
They probably don't think I'm smart enough.

If only they knew. I'm pretty damn sneaky
though. I've been putting a few extra dog
hairs on and around the laptop every time
I use it so if they suspect anyone, it will be
the dog that gets in trouble.
I know, that's pretty mean of me, but hey,
what are they going to do? It’s not like they'll
punish that freaking princess of a dog. Ugh.
It’s disgusting how much they spoil him.
The Real MVP,
Tempest
Queen of the boat pets, Overlord of the floating
Castle of 11 Purple Monkeys.

Photographic evidence attached:
See how much happier the dog is than I am!?!?!?!

Letter Ten: Throwback Post, How Tempest Came to be a Part of the FamilyWith Bonus Kitten Video!
Letter Eleven: Guess Who? Hint: It’s ME again.
Letter Twelve: Tempest doesn't Cuddle!
Letter Thirteen: Training Humans
Letter Fourteen: Pondering the Boat Life
Letter Fifteen: Battling the Laundry Demons
Letter Sixteen: When Cats Get Bored

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art and flair courtesy of @PegasusPhysics

And if you're in the mood for something entirely different:

Contemporary Suspense Story: The Hunted

My name is Natalie. This is my story. It all started months ago when I thought I was being stalked. I was positive. I had the deep down knowledge that something was terribly wrong. I took every precaution and soon started feeling like the threat was over. My friends from work were relieved to see me getting back to normal and we planned a girl’s night out. We were all out having a blast that night. Drinking, partying, dancing, doing all those things that people like to do to get away from it all. Letting my guard down was the worst thing I could have done and because of it, my best friend was murdered. Now I was in a haze of chaos and grief tinged with guilt as the investigation finally gets started.

Nothing like a murder to get the police to take you seriously. Officer Franks (Mark) is one of the detectives on my case and he's the one making sure that I'm home safe. He promised me that he is going to make sure this gets solved and for some reason, I believe him. There are some sparks flying between us, but this is definitely not the time to explore that.

_{Photos are mine except where they are credited to their source under the photos}.