After a protracted yet amicable custody battle, my ex, Sean, had taken our gray cat, Ichiban, and I’d kept his littermate Jack. The six-month-old pair were the best of friends as they entered their "tween cat" phase. Their mother had been a Russian Blue, their father a black Domestic Shorthair. Ichi was bluish-gray and could …
"My cat is peeing on my boyfriend’s clothes because she hates him!" How many times have you heard something like this? After 10 years of writing a cat advice blog, I’ve lost count of the number of letters I’ve received from people who are convinced that their feline friend is behaving badly because she resents …
Allow me to introduce you to Bernadette Kazmarski, the creative Jill of all trades behind Portraits of Animals. I was introduced to Bernadette’s work through our mutual involvement in the cat blogging community (her blog is appropriately called The Creative Cat), and because we are both members of the Cat Writers’ Association (yes, such a …
Artist Bernadette Kazmarski Says She Owes Her Career to Cats Read More »
Here’s a sad question I received recently: I have a cat who was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has been through five episodes of urinary catheterization within one-and-a-half months by three different vets. The last vet diagnosed my cat with bladder cancer. When he has a urinary catheter, my cat can pee. But, after the …
Stop what you’re doing right now and take a look around. The dishes sit unwashed in the sink. You would have gotten up to do them earlier, but the cat, spying you curled up with the heat machine (your laptop), decided to leap into your lap, and you couldn’t disturb her — the dishes could …
Oh, Dear Molly Has a Sense of Humor About Having Cats Read More »
Back in the day, I was known throughout my small Maine town as That Girl with the Weird Hair. What most people would not have known unless they bothered to ask, is that I saw myself as the Next Great American Writer. When I wasn’t working, I was slaving away over what I was sure …
