'He's a tom... there's no getting around it'. Photo: Patrick McConahay / flickr CC.
Eye - 10 April 2015
From Friends and felines to soothing snoozing
Friends and felines
Rosalind Kaye, of Colchester Meeting, came across Quakers in an unexpected place whilst perusing the recently reissued book The Fur Person by May Sarton.
Written from a feline point of view, the ‘Fur Person’ of the title is confused about why the humans in his life keep breaking up his fights with other cats using pails of water…
‘“He’s a tom,” Gentle Voice would say, as if this were not the best thing in the world to be. “There’s no getting around it.” After all, she had named him Tom Jones herself, so whatever was she talking about? Why hadn’t she named him Sam Jones, or Timothy Jones if that was the way she felt about it? Were they contemplating giving him a new name?
