Never lonely

16 02 2026

This past Friday the electricity was out for a very long time. I didn’t dare open the refrigerator, except quickly for the butter, and I was tired of playing Solitaire. Pete had left for his long shift at Bishop Museum, covering for two other docents, so he was gone for most of the day. When the power is out, it gets really quiet. So I decided to play my piano. The doors were open to the front porch and the side deck. Eventually, Pete came home and pointed out that I had an audience. Outside along the base of the panax hedge, the same hedge that the chicken perched on top of the other day, were three neighborhood cats 🐈‍⬛ 🐱 🐈! Francesca, Coco, and Coco’s housemate (sorry, I don’t know its name). We don’t have a dog here at the present time, so I guess the cats were not afraid. My mother, a piano teacher, used to advise, “If you can play the piano, you’ll never be lonely.” That is so true.

Blessings!

~Rebekah

Fo-Tsin Chong

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