Every year, I make resolutions for my cat. Every year, my cat breaks them. Here’s how it went this year. Resolution No. 1: No more meowing for food before the sun comes up Days before breaking resolution: Zero Statement from the cat: “What? I was hungry! Give me a can opener my paws can work …
It was a clear tropical night in my small studio apartment in Ocean Park, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Miami-style windows were wide open, letting in the sound of waves. As I was falling asleep, I heard the common cry three stories below. The usual scary mixture of wailing screams, scratching, and spitting. The parking …
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Whether or not we want to think about it, emergencies happen, and it’s better to make preparations and not need them than the other way around. I learned this the hard way when my cat, Dahlia, got extremely sick mere days after I’d moved to a new city: I was lucky I had Internet access …
A few weeks ago, Catster ran a story called “What Type of Catnip User Is Your Cat?” According to the categorizations that article provides, I’m a "square" who doesn’t use. The article claims that kitties who don’t use do so because they lack receptors in their brains to make them high. Well, that writer is …
Catnip: Just Say “Meow” (in a Negative Tone of Voice) Read More »
This is Goma. Goma is really cute. The runt of the litter, Goma is a Himalayan named after the Japanese word for “little sesame seeds” (his formal name is Cozy Creek Little Sesame Seeds Goma — just so you know). His human butler, Sachie Tani, is a designer, and Goma is the first kitty she …
Designer Sachie Tani Finds a Muse in a Cat Named Goma Read More »
When was the last time you saw the most adorable cat toy and brought it home, only to watch your kitty sniff at it and then walk away? I can’t count how many fun jingly or crinkly balls we’ve had that get a bit of batting action, and then nothing. Nada. I find them years …
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