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Louis would often work long into the evening, writing "proposals" for new work, reading scientific papers, and calling colleagues about projects.
Louis would read for hours, but our cat Luca (pronounced Luu-Ka), who liked to hang out with him, would want to get some attention, get on his lap, get a rub, etc. So it would often happen that while Louis was deep in concentration, Luca would begin to edge in to sit on the papers he had next to him, and lie on the papers, especially the ones Louis was trying to read.
Louis would rouse from his reading and gently move Luca to another spot, where Luca would stay for a minute or so before moving in to sit on his reading again. Eventually, Luca would end up in Louis's lap, where she would get quitely stroked by him, and Louis would not break stride with his reading - he would still have kept "on task" the whole time. One variation of this sequence would occur when he had to write as well, and then, politely explaining that "I've got to write now", he would lift her back onto the floor (where she would stay for a minute or two, and then start in again).
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