LOUiE'S LETTERS
LOUiE'S LIFE EXPERIENCES, CLOAKED IN A CAT STORY
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"Hey Ray" I wrote. Your palm trees needed a little trimming. Mom got out her saw and went up the ladder. Some of them branches were so heavy when they fell down they shook our house and almost tumbled Mom right off the ladder. Did you nose that one of them branches went through yer roof and landed in the living room? Mom said that’s okay, cause she thought you wuz thinkin’ bout puttin’ in one of them sky lighters anyhow. We didn’t bother to cover the hole or nothin’ Mom said it’s best to give the house a good airing after all that rain came in like it did. It’s been over a week now, but don’t worry, we haven’t covered the hole yet, cause it keeps rainin’ too hard. The branch that came throuth your window in the front room is still layin’ there. Mom has been busy doin’ other stuff and hasn’t had time to yank it out yet. I think you wanted to get some new tables in there anyhow, so the broken ones don’t madder much. It’s a good thing that Mom didn’t yank that branch out yet cause the birds have built a nest in it. We saw them flyin’ round in your house the other day. They like to go in the broken window and fly out the hole in the roof. I think it’s kinda neat. You don’t have to hurry home Ray, cause me and Mom got everything under control, I told him.
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About the Book
This is a cat book, and just another cat book it is not. Louie (the cat) has written this himself. Louie tells of his adoption into the family, the last few years of his dads dying of cancer, his compassion for the terminally ill and the elders in nursing homes and assisted living. His letters have helped to brighten their days with laughter and let them know they are not forgotten. Common day events become filled with life and colors, as Louie simplifies his love of life. It is as if we could see through this animal’s eyes, and the perception is different... and beautiful. The book relates all of Louie’s life experiences, cloaked in a cat story. LOUiE’S LETTERS will bring both tears and laughter.
About the Author
Natalie Van Kirk, a native of New Jersey is now retired and living in Venice Florida. She is a self-taught painter in both oil and watercolor. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, in New York City where she studied Commercial Art. Then she worked professionally for many years in fashion illustration and the motion picture industry, from TV Commercials to classified training films for the government and NASA. The last ten years of her career she was an instructor at the Spectrum Institute for the Advertising Arts in New Jersey, teaching Advertising and Illustration. Her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States, as well as Holland, England and Scotland. Natalie enjoys writing and has written and published a number of short stories.