After that rough spell of weather during the week. our Friday morning in the office of readlarrypowell.com consisted of a sleeper and a napper.
All others were sleeping the living room or the guest bedroom.
So. that left the adorable little dog Porche Noel on her office bed, peeking out at me with one eye as I took her photo.
The actual napping cat on The Scratching Chair is Stevie Ray, the apprentice office cat.
There is no doubt that writing is made easier when the animals in the office are snoozing.
When they all awake simultaneously and decide it's "treat time," that can interrupt a HANG ON tick tick tick tick tick tick paragraph.
I mention the joy of animals in an office to suggest that businesses that are having trouble convincing employees to return to the corporate offices, might enjoy more success if they'd establish the category of "Authorized Office Cat" or "Official Office Dog" for the corporate personnel "Happiness Enhancement Program." Be cheaper than giving everybody a raise.
Just a thought ... I mention it in case my bid on a newspaper company actually goes through and I need happy reporters and editors -- all of whom must be resolutely softhearted, kind and accurate. Free treats for the cats and dogs in the office.
Stevie Ray is young, but he really knows how to nap in that chair -- when he's not shredding it with his bionic claws. It was a free chair -- leftover from a garage sale. If I'd paid for it, he could still shred it and that would be OK with me. Stevie Ray is my boy.
[DEAR READERS: Please send photos of your sleeping dogs, napping cats, slumbering aardvarks or any other snooze-prone animal to [email protected] and we'll highlight them and their story of rescue, adoption or "just showed up" in our long-running weekend feature Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap. Thank you for your awareness of animal somnolentity. That may not be an actual word, but I nodded off as I typed it.]
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