I’m thinning out my life to make room for roomers, renters to help me make financial ends meet while enduring the chaos and insecurity of being locked out of my job without pay or insurance. Life goes on. So my cat, Merlin may be telling me by snuggling on the pile of stuff to be sold or given away. Life continues, with its beauty, its pain, its sweetness, no matter now “stressed” or “distracted” you may righteously feel. ...