Penny Raile: Tales of JJ

Unimportant Things About Me

•As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
• I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
• I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
• I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
• I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
• I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
• When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
• I did not finish kindergarten.

101 Things in 1001 Days

THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

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Dice_game Those of you, who know my gray cat JJ, know he likes to talk. Every evening when I come home, he fills my ears full of how much he slept, where he slept and how many birds he saw from the window.

Lately though, JJ has been spinning some wild tales about some bizarre things happening in the loft. Most of it I did not believe until I started seeing evidence of missed placed things. But I assumed he was staging the pranks and getting a good laugh out of it.

He insisted he was telling the truth, so I told him he had to prove it to me. I left him my camera and told him to capture the deeds in progress. I thought I was the one going to have a good laugh. JJ with a camera with those paws of his!

Last night with JJ sitting smugly next to me, I looked at the photos and could not believe my eyes. Was I really seeing three of the Spirit Dolls playing a dice game? The photo was crooked and blurry but there was no mistaking what was there. JJ then jumped off the chair and strutted away. I asked him how long this had been going on. He told me the games were only a recent development. Before, they had been trying to pop the cork on a wine bottle and once they were able to open the refrigerator door, but gave it up when all they found was wilted lettuce.

JJ assures me many more things go on in “My Playhouse” when I am gone. I asked him to report everything to me and that I would get him a tripod for the camera.