Message from Jake:
"Briar the amiable cat joined us around the Carmel Mission and followed us home. He paused for a second amongst brush to sniff out house rats that were known to be living in the bush. After a moment of hesitation he backed off. Briar is a lover not a fighter!
We gave the owner a call just in case Briar had gone missing, but no one answered and the answering machine's message said nothing about a cat gone missing. We sent Briar on his way.
Briar is gregarious and playful. He seems to have a handle on Carmel and people. Could he be God in an alternate form? He looks at you intelligently and has a repitoire of poses as funny as Zoolander's Blue Steel. "
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Later in the afternoon, the Mission called me and said that Briar had been sighted playing in the bushes in the courtyard. I drove over there, called for him, and he ran out to greet me. He's safely been delivered home once again. I love hearing about his adventures. BTW, I don't leave a message on my phone about a missing cat because he ALWAYS goes missing.