Scooter Graces Catster's Facebook

"My first Christmas, 1988. I found a mouse on the tree!" ~ Scooper

Hello Fellow Felines,

Happy Holidays to everyone! Greetings from the beyond where the eggnog is virtual but the love is real.
This morning, some of us were hanging out at the internet cafe cheking on Catster and Facebook and were delighted to see a photo of Scooter enjoying her first Christmas. Scootie Pie is one of our favorites around here. As her person notes in her profile, Scooter is a very lovey cat.
So it is a special treat to see her showing up on Facebook.

All the love,
Cooper

30,000!

Hello Fellow Felines,
Well! When my attention was elsewhere, I had my 30,000th visitor!
Thank you so much for your continued visits. I do apologize for not keeping in better touch with those back in that plane, but I am in the beyond now and have to keep up on my existence here. Those of us here like to take flights in formation by our various people to check in and see how everyone is doing and how any new felines are enjoying our people.
The Contessa Carlotta de Cremona has settled in nicely with my person and they are forming a nice bond.
My person still stops by occasionally where my body rests to say hello and think of me, so that's good, since she does not have wings.
I hope you are all well.
All the love,
Cooper

Contessa Carlotta de Cremona

"The playful kitten, with its pretty little tigerish gambols, is infinitely more amusing than half the people one is obliged to live with in the world."
- Lady Sydney Morgan

Hello Fellow Felines,

I recently had a flight by my person's house to see the new kitten and may I just say I wish I was back in that plane for just a moment or two to interact with the sweetie that Lottie is. First she is totally adorable. (Scooter knows what I mean here...She's got a little Siamese thing going but has the tabby thing going on too.) She is super lovey and very kissy. She loves to play and opens her little arms to the whole world for a hug. There is already a raccoon on the porch who is a little in love with her. They stare at each other with googley eyes.
She can run super fast and jump like popcorn, straight up and loves to play play play.
I feel better now that my person has a new feline with her to keep her company and play with her and nap with her and everything.
Peace and love,
Cooper

The Beyond

Hello Fellow Felines,
Well, today it's one year since I got here. We had a reunion of the all of us who were in the same orientation and flight class with tuna and other sushi. They even brought marshmallows special for me. I was touched.
I've met so many cats. Camilla and Keiser both came here in the same year as me. We three all linked our diaries to one another on catster and now we sit around in the internet cafe and make snide remarks about current events to one another and stuff like that. I got to meet my person's other cats and we get together from time to time.
I love my job at the library. It was a special day when Dewey Readmore Books came. Foudini the cat comes here a lot too. He wrote the book I told you about. And we love it when Smoggy comes by for a nap. Everybody wants to be by Smoggy when we have a group nap. He has the best vibes.
Basil came here too. She is an outstanding napper as well and is very loved. Most of us call her Sweet Basil.
I took a flight to the place where my body rests and peeked in the window. There was my person with her friends eating pasta and toasting me with red wine. I had a good long life with her and we really loved each other. It made me feel good to see her with her friends and she felt good when I flew by and gave her a high five.
All the love,
Cooper

Joey Got His Wings

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Hello Fellow Felines,

Another Catster arrived here this past week. I had noticed he was not feeling well as I stop by from time to time to check his blog, because Joey was a mighty smart cat and usually had something to say in a clever, sarcastic, New York kind of way.
I am happy to say Joey got to see the last episode of The Sopranos since he was really hoping to get out of the hospital for that.
He has told us a few stories about New York and stuff and his person and everything and it sounds like he was one of the especially loved kitties.
I know Big Can Opener will miss Joey like crazy and I can only hope that knowing he is getting his way and flying around here will help her feel better.
Welcome Joey. You add some class to the joint.
Peace and love,
Cooper

In case you were wondering

Hello Fellow Felines,
What's up? I've been tagged! I'm all honored and stuff but what is there that you don't already know about me? I like Mark Twain and Calamity Jane. I like marshmallows and think catnip is good but not great. So anyway, thanks Paula and Milagrito. I've thought about and here's seven things you may not know about me...

1. I stood up on my hind legs every night for my dinner. My person had a friend who’s cat did it and she decided I could too.

2. I was very fond of cicadas. Loved those tasty bugs! Full of protein! I wouldn’t mind being around for Brood XIII but I’ll just watch it from here.

3. I never was interested in beer or wine. Just like most cats, I was too smart to go for alchoholic beverages.

4. I never learned to play a musical instrument like Nora, but I did like to nap in my person’s violin case when she practiced.

5. I was a good mouser. Yep, those mousies never got by me. Neither did the bats.

6. My art installation, “Wicker Hamper With Feline Alteration” still stands as mute testimony to my artistic talents.

7. Mostly, though I was the sublime, well upholstered purring machine who kept my person company every night at bedtime.

Now. Here's some kitties I'd like to hear more about...
Smoggy
Sir Higson Nick
Keiser
Basil
Camilla
Leo
Tommy

Yes, every single one of these cats has gone to the beyond. This is their chance to remind us all how much they were loved and how special they were.
Peace and love,
Cooper

Fureverness

"A friendship that can be ended didn't ever start." - Mellin de Saint-Gelais

Hello Fellow Felines,
Well, today my person is home from work with some slight illness. She is indulging in catly behavior of sleeping, resting and lying around like we used to enjoy together on weekends.
To let her know that I was watching over her and with her in her recouperation, I made a meow sound and you should have seen her hand shoot out from between the covers to pet me just like when I was actually around.
Is that love?
I think so!
Peace and Love to all,
Cooper

The Passing of Snuffleupagus

Hello Fellow Felines,
We have been joined by another esteemed elder in the beyond. The distinguished Snuffleupagus. more commonly known as Snuffy, has joined us here after a long life. Here is his obituary as seen in e-mail: "Snuffy (Snuffleupagus) has gone to kitty heaven after 22 years of being Kristo's favorite pet.
He was a good cat, and put up with alot of dogs and cats over the years, we'll miss him."
Snuffy was named for Aloysius Snuffleupagus, a Sesame Street character to whom he bore no resemblance, being an attractive gray kitty with a white nose, white toes and lovely green eyes.
We sit at his feet and marvel at his wisdom as there are only a few cats here who stayed on earth as long as Snuffy.
Welcome to the beyond, Snuffy.
Peace and Love,
Cooper

Another kitty gets her wings

"Il più piccolo feline è un capolavoro" - Leonardo Da Vinci

Hello Fellow Felines,
Another kitty has come to join us here in the beyond. The lovely Keisermade a sudden departure late last night. Well, since it was in Australia, it's tonight, but since time means nothing here, that is neither here nor there.
Keiser, aside from being very attractive, was also very bright and had her own blog, full of photos and interesting information. She was full of opinions.
But aside from that, she was a loved companion and always included incidents from her life and menu for us to enjoy as well.
Welcome to the beyond, Keiser. As Leonardo said, "As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."
Peace and Love,
Cooper

Christmas

"The approach of Christmas brings harrassment and dread to many excellent people. They have to buy a cart-load of presents, and they never know what to buy to hit the various tastes; they put in three weeks of hard and anxious work, and when Christmas morning comes they are so dissatisfied with the result, and so disappointed that they want to sit down and cry. Then they give thanks that Christmas comes but once a year." Mark Twain

Hello Fellow Felines,
Well, it looks like Christmas has been a fuss and bother among people for quite some time if Mark Twain cound make such a timely remark in 1897. My sympathies to all you cats there who's people are stressing and fussing and ignoring you and pushing you away from the computer and all that stuff.
We are having lots of eggnog and singing carols but there is very little of the fuss with shopping malls and office parties and all of that.
It's nice to see all the decorations when we go flying around. Some people are going to have some hefty electric bills to deal with in a couple of weeks, but it's really pretty from the sky, may I just say. Flying is so lovely. It was clear tonight and the moon was a slender crescent, making the stars and all the decorations more bright.
Speaking of stars, thanks to all the cats who gave me rosettes and stars. Catster really helped me and my person deal with my departure to the beyond. We are sleeping in heavenly peace.
Peace and love,
Cooper