Growin' Up Gregory

There are a couple things that I have noticed recently during my early morning runs: 1.  There are a lot more loose, free, stray, or whatever you want to call them, cats roaming the streets of Union than I had previously realized. 2.  The last two mornings, especially today at 58 degrees, felt amazing. I've picked up a few lessons from the cats that I've seen out and about.  Most of the ones I see are your typical housecat variety - small and not very ferocious looking.  When I come running by, they duck behind a curb or mailbox, or flee to the shadows, or lay down as flat and still as possible.  Why behave that way?  Why wouldn't they come up me to be petted or offered food?  It's because they don't know me or my intentions.  In that moment when I run up on them, they go into survival mode.  Regardless of what they were doing, it's put on hold and their main priority is to just stay alive.  (Just as information, I have never nor do ...