Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Letting in the Cat

This time of year, I try to usher in as much cool air as I can in the early morning.  As soon as I wake, I crank open windows throughout the house and allow air to flow in through the screen door at my back door.

I also let out the cat at the screen door. 

And I let him in again.

And out.

And in.

And out.

Same ritual every day.

For the last couple days, a new twist has developed in the predawn hours.  Along with my cat sitting at the screen—meowing to be let in—I find a horde of moths attracted by the delicious artificial light inside my house.

Now, when I slide open the screen door, my 20 pounds of house cat will sit there just long enough to allow a moth or three to flap inside before he saunters in.   

As long as the moths stay out of my Scotch, I guess we are fine.

Mitchell Hegman

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