Tweet There’s more advice than I care to read about how to introduce a new cat to an old cat. Cats are territorial so it’s evidently important to introduce cats slowly so they have more time to get used to the new cat’s scent. Whatever. If I didn’t have kids, a job, the Internet, food,…
Tweet I knew the minute I saw her. Her eyes were big, friendly and inviting and she immediately came to the bars and flipped over so Astrid could pet her fluffy tummy. We played with her and petted her for several minutes. Her purr was almost deafening as she continued to gather us completely into…
Tweet I just finished off a jar of peanut butter. Granted there really wasn’t more than two tablespoons left in the jar, so eating it straight with a spoon was completely justified, but still it felt a little indulgent. But maybe the indulgent part didn’t come until after I could scrape no more with the…
Tweet It’s a difficult thing mourning for a cat. It’s something you truly don’t want to talk about because no one wants to compare an animal life with a human life, and truly nobody wants to fully admit that they are possibly some crazy cat lady. So I believe that most cat mourning is…
Tweet It’s hard for me to type right now. My orange cat is on my lap with his head pressing down on my wrists as he licks and nips my hands because he wants me to pet him. He’s kind of fat and doesn’t really even fit completely on my lap – and my computer…
Tweet It turns out that the last thing you want to say to your seven year old as they board the bus is “Don’t be shocked if you come home and your cat isn’t here anymore! Okay, have a great day sweetie!” Because that seven year old will then tell her bus-mates, her friends,…
Tweet So I just cannot even tell you how excited I am that The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has announced the first ever Internet Cat Video Film Festival. Yeah, fur real folks. I cannot make this stuff up… While normally viewed alone on a computer screen, our unofficial cat-lady-in-residence invites you to come…
Tweet So I spent a good part of the predawn hours wandering my neighborhood looking for a cat named Ruby that I’ve never met. As I was finishing my run this morning I saw a cat carrier with a food and water dish alongside the apartment building next to us, and a sweet little blanket…
Tweet A cat is on the table. A cat person – yells at cat, may even shoo cat to the ground, but probably doesn’t bother to wash the table before eating A non-cat person – sells table A cat is licking it’s butt A cat person – wonders why humans aren’t flexible enough to…
Tweet Our twin terrors cats turned one on Monday. I am not sure if normal people have parties for their cats, but moms who love wine of small children LOVE to throw lavish parties for the felines in their life. Our Donut cat’s birthday is a prime example of feline birthday merriment. Turns out … …
Tweet My first mistake is setting the coffee pot timer. The steaming and dripping starts at 5am. At 5:01 the cats are walking on my head. At 5:02 the cats are biting my toes. At 5:05 the cats are running across the room jumping upon the bed at each pass and using…
Tweet About 15 years ago, I stayed with my aunt. I brought along my cat. He camped out on her counter and my non-cat loving aunt went a bit crazy. She bought moth balls and lined the counter-tops with them to keep the cat off. My cat loved jumping up on the counter to knock…
Tweet I walked in the door. Propped it open with my foot, keys in my teeth, phone balanced on my shoulder as I brought in three bags of groceries at once. I was gone most the evening. The kids were sleeping. Jed was alone in the house…with the cats. I was trying to figure out…
Tweet “Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” – Mark Twain If I could publish Donut’s Obituary in in the St. Paul…
