January 2013 - Dusty Rainbolt's Universe

January 19 was the 205^th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s birth, the American suspense author, poet and cat lover who is best remembered for The Black Cat and The Raven. Poe was born in 1809 and died in 1849 at the still young age of 40. He was laid to rest at Baltimore’s Westminster Hall and Burying Ground.

For seven decades in the early morning on the anniversary of Poe’s birth, a mysterious man (or maybe a father and son team) paid tribute to the author. Carrying a silver-tipped cane, the black-clad gentleman always wore a wide-brimmed hat and scarf to hide his face.

The Poe Toaster was first noticed in 1949 (in year of the 100^th anniversary of the poet’s death). The night of January 19 the stranger entered the cemetery and raised a toast of Martell cognac to Poe. At the grave he left the unfinished bottle along with three red roses placed in a distinctive pattern. The Poe Society of Baltimore admits that some details have been kept private so they’ll recognize the real Toaster from the copycats.

A cryptic note left behind in 1993 stated, “The torch will be passed.” That apparently happened. A message left in 1999 announced that the original Toaster had died the previous year and a son had taken over the tradition. Watchers agreed that the Toaster appeared younger. A 2001 note ranted about the Baltimore Ravens’ Super Bowl chances, and a note in 2004 included a diatribe about France’s opposition to the Iraq war. Obviously not the same dignified old Toaster. The Toaster last appeared in January 2009.

At the time of Poe’s passing, newspapers attributed his death to “congestion of the brain” or “cerebral inflammation”. Today’s doctors speculate he could have succumbed to alcoholism, epilepsy, syphilis, cholera, rabies or even murder.

We have arrived at the end of an era. Hopefully the Toaster is now sharing Martell with Poe face-to-face. And in the poet’s own brilliant words, the Poe Toaster is “Quoth the Raven, “’Nevermore’.”

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ROM (Chase\’s Calendar of Events) (p. 232). McGraw-Hill. Kindle Edition.’,’Paul

Klausman interview’,”,’future’,’closed’,’closed’,”,’paul-klausman-

interview’,”,”,’2013-04-23 11:57:52′,’2013-04-23

05:57:52′,”,0,’http://www.dustycatwriter.com/WPDusty/?p=1360′,0,’post’,”,0),

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05:19:15′,”,’Paul Klausman interview’,”,’inherit’,’closed’,’closed’,”,’1360-revision-

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05:25:45′,”,1360,’http://www.dustycatwriter.com/WPDusty/?

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This carpet python is distant relative of the \”group hugger\” Duchess discovered

snuggling up to baby Zara.

\r\n\r\n(Lismore, New South Wales) Tess

Guthrie, from the far north coast of Australia, knew something was bothering her

kitty, Duchess. She just didnâ€™t know what. For several days the normally calm

cat had been refusing to eat and hissing ferociously seemly at nothing. Guthrie was

so concerned she called her vet.\r\n\r\n\”There I was, at 9.30pm on Saturday night,

ringing the vet because I thought the cat was sick,\” Guthrie said in an interview.\r

\n\r\nThen at 3:30 a.m. the fangs really hit the fan. Thatâ€™s when Guthrie awoke

to the sound of her cat hissing fiercely. When she turned over, the young mom

found a six-foot-long coastal python (or as they call them Down Under, a carpet

snake) coiled three times around her two-year old daughterâ€™s left arm.\r\n\r

\nAt first Guthrie believed she was dreaming, but it was actually a living nightmare.

\”I couldn\’t believe it … at the same time I was freaking out at what I was seeing, I

realized what the cat had been carrying on about it for days,\” Guthrie said in an

interview.\r\nGuthrie grabbed the snakeâ€™s head. As the frantic mum

unwrapped the coils, the nonvenomous snake struck Zaraâ€™s hand three times.

\r\n\r\n\”In my head I was just going through this unbelievable terror. My thought

was that it was going to actually kill her (Zara), because it was wrapped so tight,\”

Guthrie told the Brisbane Times. \”Her little arm was bleeding really bad from the

bites. All I could feel was blood. And Zara was screaming by that stage. I was in

hysterics. It was such a shocking thing to wake up to. It was just terrifying.\”\r\n\r

\nLittle Zara was treated at Lismore Base Hospital and released.\r\n\r\nThe local

snake wrangler, Tex Tillis (most likely not from Texas) relocated the snake into the

wild at Guthrieâ€™s request. Tillis told the Daily Telegraph, the snake didnâ€™t

want to eat the baby. \”It was trying to have a group hug.\”\r\n\r\nHippie stuff aside,

a hug around the neck wouldnâ€™t have been a healthy thing for the toddler.\r\n\r

\nThree cheers and a bag of catnip for Duchess, whose vigilance gave Guthrie time

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from the far north coast of Australia, knew something was bothering her kitty,

Duchess. She just didnâ€™t know what. For several days the normally calm cat

had been refusing to eat and hissing ferociously seemly at nothing. Guthrie was so

concerned she called her vet.\r\n\r\nThen at 3:30 a.m. the fangs really hit the fan.

Thatâ€™s when Guthrie awoke to the sound of her cat hissing fiercely. When she

turned over, the young mom found a six-foot-long coastal python (or as they call

them Down Under, a carpet snake) coiled three times around her two-year old

daughterâ€™s left arm.’,’publish’,’closed’,’closed’,”,’timmys-not-in-the-well-but-

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(Lismore, New South Wales) Tess Guthrie, from the far north coast of Australia,

knew something was bothering her kitty, Duchess. She just didnâ€™t know what.

For several days the normally calm cat had been refusing to eat and hissing

ferociously seemly at nothing. Guthrie was so concerned she called her vet.\n\n

\”There I was, at 9.30pm on Saturday night, ringing the vet because I thought the

cat was sick,\” Guthrie said in an interview.\n\nThen at 3:30 a.m. the fangs really hit

the fan. Thatâ€™s when Guthrie awoke to the sound of her cat hissing fiercely.

When she turned over, the young mom found a six-foot-long coastal python (or as

they call them Down Under, a carpet snake) coiled three times around her two-

year old daughterâ€™s left arm.\n\nAt first Guthrie believed she was dreaming,

but it was actually a living nightmare. \”I couldn\’t believe it … at the same time I

was freaking out at what I was seeing, I realized what the cat had been carrying on

about it for days,\” Guthrie said in an interview.\nGuthrie grabbed the snakeâ€™s

head. As the frantic mum unwrapped the coils, the nonvenomous snake struck

Zaraâ€™s hand three times.\n\n\”In my head I was just going through this

unbelievable terror. My thought was that it was going to actually kill her (Zara),

because it was wrapped so tight,\” Guthrie told the Brisbane Times. \”Her little arm

was bleeding really bad from the bites. All I could feel was blood. And Zara was

screaming by that stage. I was in hysterics. It was such a shocking thing to wake

up to. It was just terrifying.\”\n\nLittle Zara was treated at Lismore Base Hospital

and released.\n\nThe local snake wrangler, Tex Tillis (most likely not from Texas)

relocated the snake into the wild at Guthrieâ€™s request. Tillis told the Daily

Telegraph, the snake didnâ€™t want to eat the baby. \”It was trying to have a

group hug.\”\n\nHippie stuff aside, a hug around the neck wouldnâ€™t have been

a healthy thing for the toddler.\n\nThree cheers and a bag of catnip for Duchess,

whose vigilance gave Guthrie time to save the babyâ€™s life. Well done,

Kitty.’,’Timmyâ€™s Not in the Well, but Real Life Cat Lassie Saves Baby from

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This carpet python is distant relative of the \”group hugger\” Duchess discovered

snuggling up to baby Zara.

\n\n(Lismore, New South Wales) Tess

Guthrie, from the far north coast of Australia, knew something was bothering her

kitty, Duchess. She just didnâ€™t know what. For several days the normally calm

cat had been refusing to eat and hissing ferociously seemly at nothing. Guthrie was

so concerned she called her vet.\n\n\”There I was, at 9.30pm on Saturday night,

ringing the vet because I thought the cat was sick,\” Guthrie said in an interview.\n

\nThen at 3:30 a.m. the fangs really hit the fan. Thatâ€™s when Guthrie awoke to

the sound of her cat hissing fiercely. When she turned over, the young mom found a

six-foot-long coastal python (or as they call them Down Under, a carpet snake)

coiled three times around her two-year old daughterâ€™s left arm.\n\nAt first

Guthrie believed she was dreaming, but it was actually a living nightmare. \”I

couldn\’t believe it … at the same time I was freaking out at what I was seeing, I

realized what the cat had been carrying on about it for days,\” Guthrie said in an

interview.\nGuthrie grabbed the snakeâ€™s head. As the frantic mum unwrapped

the coils, the nonvenomous snake struck Zaraâ€™s hand three times.\n\n\”In my

head I was just going through this unbelievable terror. My thought was that it was

going to actually kill her (Zara), because it was wrapped so tight,\” Guthrie told the

Brisbane Times. \”Her little arm was bleeding really bad from the bites. All I could

feel was blood. And Zara was screaming by that stage. I was in hysterics. It was

such a shocking thing to wake up to. It was just terrifying.\”\n\nLittle Zara was

treated at Lismore Base Hospital and released.\n\nThe local snake wrangler, Tex

Tillis (most likely not from Texas) relocated the snake into the wild at Guthrieâ€™s

request. Tillis told the Daily Telegraph, the snake didnâ€™t want to eat the baby.

\”It was trying to have a group hug.\”\n\nHippie stuff aside, a hug around the neck

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