I thought they burned all gifts to the gods.
Why, just yesterday I burned a gift and thought, this one's for Whoever, if there is a Whoever and Whoever isn't offended by it--a sorta Universal Unitarian benediction.
I enjoy the company of Smoke (10 months) and Grace (8 years). Grace was feral, and remained fierce until 2-month-old Smoke arrived--she became a patient, tolerant, playful sister: kittens even charm cats. They play fast and furious and cheer me enormously. They wake me at 5 for breakfast by nuzzling my ears and licking my eyebrows, so I start every day laughing.
In other news, cat videos redeem the web.
"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence