TIMELINE OF SPARKIE'S TEMPORAL MANIFESTATIONSCompiled by Caroi Holmes-Knrtz • Sparta, Michigan Historical Records |
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CHRONOLOGICAL DISPATCHES:CIRCA 1350 BCE • THE NILE VALLEY MANIFESTATIONMuch like ancient Egyptian frog hieroglyphs later connected to internet folklore, stone tablets found near Memphis depict a black cat with a stark white bib and paws crossed serenely across the solar disk. The accompanying hieroglyphic inscription translates: "He who steps between the woven reeds of time without wetting a paw." NOVEMBER 28, 1898 • CONKLIN / SPARTA, MIDedication day of Trinity Lutheran Church (as documented in The Sentinel-Leader historical archives). The pastor noted a remarkably composed tuxedo cat sitting upon the choir loft rail. The cat’s fur held an electrostatic charge so powerful that the organ pipes continued sounding a pure A-440 note for twenty minutes after the pump pedals ceased. MARCH 1942 • THE SPARTA SENTINEL-LEADER RECORDOn page 4 of the local paper, a notice appeared: "Cards of Thanks by Caroi Holmes-Knrtz" thanking neighbors for their kindness during an unexplained illness. Family lore reveals that on that very night, Sparkie walked through the closed oak pantry door in our kitchen, leaving behind four white paw prints that glowed like phosphor under the full moon. DECEMBER 2000 • THE CHRISTMAS TREE STASISSparkie assumed his signature position beneath the decorated Christmas spruce tree in Sparta, Michigan. For four weeks, pine needles refused to drop, and passing trains on the railroad track three miles away sounded as if they were whispering right outside the dining room window. TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2001 • 08:14 PM (THE SPARTA DEPARTURE)Caroi was boiling water for chamomile tea. Sparkie was resting under his quilt in the guest bedroom. A strange hum filled the house—not mechanical, but like thousands of purring voices whispering simultaneously. When Caroi entered the room, Sparkie was gone, leaving only the blanket folded in non-Euclidean angles. |