Eucatastrophic Photos: Nummist Celebrities
Dame Precious Puss-Puss Paws
Dame Precious Puss-Puss Paws (pictured below) is Curator of our
Eucatastrophic Photos: Nummist Celebrities gallery. Her profound
sensibilities uniquely qualify her for this role.
Purple-eyed or not, she is forever bigger than "the pictures"
could be.
Puss-Puss devoted her life (1987-2004) to teaching, washing and
cherishing her family, feline and primate alike. When she was around
one year old, she lost an old cat friend named Pooh II but then she
poured her heart into raising two adopted kittens, Leo and Sackville
(both below). They turned out pretty well, even though Leo gave up
washing and Sackville never seemed to quite figure out an effective
way to communicate his feelings to Puss-Puss. (Anyway, she probably
knew and enjoyed the mystery.)
With her humans, Puss-Puss enjoyed playing in tapwater, eating mint
toothpaste and sleeping on tummies. Anytime someone cried, she would
come running and stay until it got better. She stretched one of her
slender hind legs when she wanted to ask for something—usually,
to go outdoors.
She loved heights: support beams, bookcases, an insulated attic, the
upper branches of elms. She also walked on thin ice. Amazingly, these
fits of romanticism never brought her into harm's way. As an elderly
lady, she was kept away from heights and icy seas but her heart would
pound after brief escapes past her outdoor enclosure.
Dame Puss-Puss Paws is now in Nummist Paradise,
where she serves as Executive Director of Admissions.
Rt. Hon. Leo Lazy Lion, Esq.
Variously known as Plumpy, Mr. P, "the King", "the Aged,
Aged Man" and "the Nummist Methuselah", this staunch
squire and techno-evangelist offered the most complete feline gospel of
the earthly ministry of Dr. L. S. River, NummNumm. Although Leo
initially greeted the Nummist advent with considerable skepticism, he
converted in an epiphany that concluded 17 years of cross-examination
and debate (1988-2005) between him and Dr. L. S. River.
Leo attributed his serenity and longevity (1988-2007) to appetite,
energy conservation and meditation. Once (May 2007), he was laid sorely
ill by stroke but recovered over the weekend through spiritual
concentration.
Leo was the founding genius of
Poohbist Technology.
Dr. Little Sackville River, NummNumm
A cat who needs no introduction, Dr. L. S. River, NummNumm, is nothing
less than the Prophet and Avatar of the One Numm. Rescued in kittenhood
from an unfit home, he not only overcame his trauma but has also gone
on to reshape the Universe. All of this, along with charming anecdotes,
is recounted in the 1988-2005 entries on the Nummline: A Chronology of Cat History & Cat Worship.
Plasma Tigerlily Zoya, High Priestess of the Numm
As the heiress to NummNumm's earthly ministry, High Priestess Plasma
Tigerlily Zoya owns and protects the Nummist faithful under Nummist law.
The Prophet chose her on the World Wide Web and she brought great
comfort to Him in His final earthly days.
Plasma enjoys chewing, housework, computing and surveillance. Her most
comforting sermons, with an accompanying
photoblog, are available for online viewing.
Janet Louise Howse, MumMum of NummNumm
Whenever Janet walked into the room, NummNumm would stare up lovingly
and drop anything in His mouth. That just about says everything. She has
been His surrogate MumMum.
Janet's paintings are
filled with Nummist celebrities and Nummist symbolism. She is also Chief
Medical Officer for the Nummist celebrities becuase they need lots of
pills.
Robert Warren Howse
Bob is an astoundingly handy Nummist. His design and implementation of an
escape-proof outdoor cat enclosure (with rock garden, handmade benches,
climbing / prickling pole and artificial pond!) brings daily pleasure and
safety to High Priestess Plasma Tigerlily Zoya. His cat-height portable
stairs helped NummNumm get in and out of bed.
An avid reader, Bob keeps Plasma company on her midnight vigils.
Dr. Samuel William Johnson Howse, PhD
Dr. Sam (1980-2008) was the father of Nummist rationalism. At the age of seven, he
began learning and teaching about computers—one of the many outlets
he found for his creativity, his sense of adventure, and his desire to make
things right.
He was the best computer scientist for anything from designing
provable programming languages to
helping families learn to use the computer.
His mind and heart constantly went exploring for something new and better.
His readings about veterinary and medical science helped save Nummist
lives many times.
Nummist cats always found that Sam knews how to make very fun and
addictive games. Games are very important both to Nummist rationalism
and to Nummist family values.
Joseph Wyatt Robert Howse
Ah, the photographer's eye...!
Joe loves writing, photography and graphics—his best tools to
explore the world and Numm's mysterious ways. Numm added to the
mystery (since mystery motivates Joe) by having him study French novels
and poetry, finance, international business and international
development too.
A determined gamer, entertainer and scientist's assistant, Joe is never
far from the lab of Dr. Sam.
To the best of his abilities, Joe diverts his feline friends with
conversation, audiobooks and photo shoots. Every camera in the world
loves cats—and cats know it.
Please check out more of Joe's writing, photography and graphics on the
rest of nummist.com and
Eucatastrophic Creations. Also,
for more on Sam and Joe's work, feel free to visit
Nummist Computer Consultants.
More memories will be stored here in the future—so just don't
forget to return.
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