The bit of fall we had is gone and been replaced by warm, muggy weather. Yesterday was an interesting day. It was quiet and welcoming, though a bit confusing to me. Apparently I am really not an abstract thinker because I never see things with the insight that others do. I think I am probably right brained. In spite of this I enjoyed the day. The other women were very nice and the leader was a wonderful guide. It was definitely a day of relaxation which I have continued into today.

I finished knitting my sweater and am now sewing it together. I also worked on a sock I started yesterday. It is a simple sock pattern, but the yarn is beautiful superwash wool in different shades of deep aqua and blues. It reminds me of ocean colors and currents. The texture is smooth and cool, not slippery at all, so it is easy to knit.

I finished listening to Forest by Sonya Hartnett. As with other books she has authored it is an unusual and entrancing story. A city cat and two kittens are dumped in a forest after their owner has died. The novel, told from the cats' perspective, describes the journey home for Kian and the two kittens who lived with him, Cally and Jem. The cats evenutally find their way out into the grasslands and the familiarity of the human world. This story however, is no Mother Goose tale, and the evils and dangers the cats face are all too real. While fear and hunger are their constant companions, they also run across the paths of a dog on the loose and the dangers of the road. Hartnett has given voices to the cats that seem to perfectly suit them as felines. The fates of Kian and the kittens keep the reader (listener) entranced right up to the end of the book, and as with her other works, the ending is one that is never as expected.
(Caroline Lee gives an excellent narration of the book.)

From Amazon.com (much better than mine):
Kian, a cossetted suburban cat, is snatched from his comforts and dumped in the bush along with two kittens, Cally and Jem. The greatest threat to their survival are other cats, ferals who fiercely guard their territories. Kian survives some unnerving and vicious encounters but is unswerving in his desire to make the long journey home to his territory even though it is apparent his owner is dead and that there will be no welcome from the cruel man who has taken over the house. Hartnett's creation of the cat's point of view and her sensuous depiction of the forest is exceptional in its imagination, beauty and truth.