There is a town cat who has three carers. I am one of them. The others are Margaret and Noelene. I’m in the team because the cat resides under The Informer office. She used to belong to a house and shop that was pulled down due to asbestos. The cat never wanted to leave so adopted underneath our office and was fed daily by her owner, Jack, who would come every day to feed her. Jack died but the cat stayed. She lets Margaret and Noelene stroke her but not me. When I give her some steak, I get quite close but no affection.
A crisis has occurred because a junior cat, has adopted the office. She announced her arrival a week ago though she has a home 100 metres away. I feed her morning and afternoon. The crisis is the old girl hates her and as much as I try to get junior to go to her own home; nothing works. They hiss at each other. This kitten is very affectionate – I stroke her – she loves it. But my heart is with the old cat – the one who has prior right – the least affectionate. She needs the care. Some human relationships are like that. I say give the love to the one who needs it most but expresses it the least and do it willingly even if it is not returned.
I took a risk with our little business this last fortnight and published an 8 page insert that went into two Auckland papers. – The Eastern Times and the Franklin Times. The theme was “Get Yourself to Whitianga.” Thank you to those who shared the risk. We didn’t have time to approach businesses generally. We asked those who were at MBBA and a few believers. Look it up – with the QR code below or try the link https://issuu.com/times_e-editions/docs/eastern_times_august_21_2026 and tell me what you think. I would ilke to promote all of the Coromandel this way. We had to start somewhere.
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