What does your cat think when he stares intently at that door that inexplicably is closed? I'm Trapped This common response, the intense hatred of being stuck where they don't want to be, is known as the Trapped Response. Your cat shows her feelings with her wild eyes, frightened meows, … [Read more...]
Good Help Is NOT Hard to Find
The next time you hear someone bewailing how you cannot find good help these days, don't believe them. Servants are not obsolete; they have transmogrified into cat ladies and cat men. Just as the ladies and gentlemen of old each had their own bell to summon their servants, so do our … [Read more...]
Cats Have Impeccable Timing
I sat in my office all afternoon yesterday without a glimpse of George. Today he spent the morning sleeping on my soft shawl in the closet and came out only at 3 to get some love and lap time. Why 3? Why not earlier? It was raining earlier, pouring. Despite the empty bird feeders and … [Read more...]
George Conquers the Banister and Gets the Ribbon
https://youtu.be/RkL3WZQdGiM George's favorite is a red satin ribbon, about 2 feet long, that he enjoys hunting on the banister. He jumps up and sits on it during breakfast. (Our breakfast that is; we don't get to eat before the cats' breakfast.) He likes to play and pounce and … [Read more...]
Clean the Cupboards or Pet the Cat?
My kitchen cupboards are in desperate need of a good clean out and the timing is perfect since our counter tops are done. So far I've found four (4) cans of tomatoes with green chilies and two cans of black beans, with no one remembering what recipe these and other mystery ingredients were … [Read more...]
Cats Get In the Act – George Helps Me Photograph
I was photographing new products to list on Amazon this morning and George decided to get in the act. I prop my Michigan Mapleworks boards against the banister spindles where they are just the right height and have good light. George likes to peek around and help. Sometimes he's gotten his … [Read more...]
Whose Bed Is This, Anyway?
I make my bed everyday, truly, I do. Every day. Most days you wouldn't know it from looking at the mess. Dave's cat Monica likes to burrow under the bedspread which pulls it around and leaves a bunch of wrinkles when she leaves. Marvin likes to sit on my pillow. She sits on my pillow during … [Read more...]
Can There Be Peace Between George and Billy Bob?
George joined our family last May and caused immense grief to Billy Bob, who sees him as an interloper and obnoxious patron of the food dish and my attention. George also likes to chase the others, particularly Billy Bob, and even our calming collars don't stop the occasional brouhaha. (You can … [Read more...]
George Likes to Help – Peanut Trails in the Wrapping Room
I keep a bag of foam peanuts in my wrapping room. The room has lots of other stuff too: Books (lots), boxes, depression glass, my laptop, photography lights, miscellaneous shipping supplies. It's not real neat. George likes to help me when I'm working downstairs. Usually he sits on the desk … [Read more...]
The Cat Who Will Live Forever – Norton and Other Fine Cats We Love
As the priest said at my Mom and Dad's funeral, "There is nothing good about death." And as Peter Gethers quoted in this book, The Cat Who'll Live Forever: The Final Adventures of Norton, the Perfect Cat, and His Imperfect Human, "the only thing wrong with our pets is they don't live as long as we … [Read more...]