It´s often the smallish ones

 ...who cause a lot of trouble, and they are very good at it. Maybe it´s a result of ribbing done by others, or the obsession that by behaving like a fighting dog they will make up for missing height. Among my acquaintances are two men shorter than average, who always are in for a good quarrel. Rubbing up the wrong way is what they can do best.If they show up at a meeting with my friends I will go (sorry, I am not made for holding my tongue when it comes to animosity). If I know in advance that the two (they often show up together) will be there I won´t come at all. Being invisible seems best for me in such situations, even if I miss meeting my friends. Hey, we are all quite old now, who knows how much time is given to us! We have two hard years behind us, and most likely more to come, and now it´s not Covid alone that will make  our life difficult. Another too short male who thinks he´s to be the best is just about turning the old world upside down, and all we can do is watch and worry. We can take in refugees, we can donate, but we do not have an active roll in the conflict, and maybe that´s a blessing. A man without ethics is a wild animal- Camus did tell us that already.
Last night was a night to behold. I had to get up at one thirty, apparently because my bladder told me so. Maybe it thought that having behaved so well during day had been a concession, or maybe it was too much water I had in front of TV during crime time, but he real reason for waking up had been the rattling of rotor blades- from 1.30 to three in the morning (and during the whole midmorning). And just when I was about to drop off again Vaire cat started her daily tour de la maison by loudly  miaowing, probably looking for the brother that is no more. I still do not know what has happened, most likely a rock climber has gone missing again! By the way, DiL offered to bring Samsung as a substitute for Namo. She is no more fond of this cat, because Samsung is even worse than Lady Vaire when it comes to opening doors and drawers to get to the good stuff aka cat kibbles. We had him with us for some time, and since then almost all of our doorhandles point the wrong way, which causes frustration among our younger grandchildren, because they aren´t able to get into the rooms. Can be a blessing, when children are snoopy, especially before Christmas! But Samsung is also a timid cat that tends to think that offence is the best defence, and will attack you without reason.Yet Cassian loves this cat, and the cat loves him back, and how! They sleep in the bed together, they do walks up the hill, DiL, the boys and their cats... I cannot take what´s not mine, and DiL should not try to give away what´s not hers!