Bandit Cats


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Although I am not allowed to have any pets in my building, I have ended up with bobcat. bobcat is my colleague's cat, and I have looked after him once before, in a colony garden house not too far from Christiania, which happens to be not too far from where I live. Colony garden houses are these communities of garden homes, occupied in the summer, for city occupants to get a bit of country living--not too far from the city, of course. It's an excellent idea, and scoring a colony garden house is considered a find. My friend Jane, an artist/filmmaker, redid hers years ago, with her partner C. Their colony garden district had received permission to use the houses for year-round living. Most colony garden houses are strictly for summer use, although many are seeking and being granted, permission to live there year-round. Anyway, bobycat didn't have any one to look after him, not too mention that his owners are finding him a bit unbearable ever since the arrival of their new baby boy. Add that to the fact that I've been missing having a cat! Another reason why my current living situation will inevitably change. Anyway, I thought I could sneak bobcat in here, forgetting that my walls are not only incredibly thin, but that cats meow, of course. Luckily for me, my neighbor is pretty cool--I'm also sure it helps that he's only here for a week. So I have a week of enjoying the company of bobcat. That's a plus in my book. The days continue to get brighter in every possible way.

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