Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Portrait of Belle


My cousin's cat, Belle.

Beautiful, right? But looks can be deceiving.

Sometimes, she's jokingly called "Hell's Belle." And that nickname is well earned. Oh, she can be sweet, no doubt. But generally she is more salty than sweet. As I told an admirer who mistook her for a he, "She’d swat you for thinking she’s a boy. Come to think of it, she’d swat you for knowing she’s a girl. Or swat you for breathing air."

If she were human, she'd probably smoke unfiltered cigarettes and take book at cock fights.

She's an Alley Cat soul in a regal, Maine Coon body. And she sure does make life ...

Interesting.