Quiet

I was going to start off by saying I live alone, but I do not. I live with three cats. They have varying levels and times of affectionate behavior. But they are all affectionate in their own way.

I frequently have the TV on for background noise, or the radio, or music.  I have a varied selection of music that is easy to listen to, but makes good background music for when I am reading or writing.  Yesterday, I spent quite some time listening  to, and comparing the two versions of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: one some three plus minutes long, the other 17 plus minutes long.  Hmmm.  The shorter version is the part of the Overture that is most famous, and was an arrangement that I was familiar with, but I can appreciate the longer version.

Yesterday, and today, I did not have the TV on much, and did not have music playing.  When this happens, all three cats eventually congregate around me where I am sitting, more slowly if I am in the computer room, as Sake does not care to be there, but quite regularly when I am in the living room.  Sake likes to be on the sofa with me, but is always hesitant to share that perch, although one cat may be on the seat, or the back or the arm.  She is particular where she will sit if some other kitty is sitting on the sofa.  And if she is on the sofa, and someone invades her domain, even if the perch is quite different from hers, she is usually gone. But, if the house is quiet, she may not leave the living room.

I like having all three cats around. More and more, in the morning, they are on my bed, sometimes all three at once, sometimes trading places. But that is a fun ballet to watch.

Well the point of all this is that when my house is quiet, with the ambient noise being the air conditioner, the heater, the refrigerator running, it seems that the cats are more interested in spending time with me.