Voting for this year’s prestigious Golden Kitty award took place back in July, with cat video fans getting to nominate a peoples’ choice pick to be screened at the grand Internet Cat Video Festival. The winner emerged as a smart flick titled Cat Behavior Finally Explained, created by the CATastrophes team. In the footage, a …
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Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the July/August 2015 issue of Catster print magazine. Click here to subscribe to Catster magazine. I invented cat sushi. This innovation happened about 10 years ago, over dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Brooklyn. As the waitress was cleaning up plates scattered with discarded pieces of pickled ginger, …
A highlight of my first BlogPaws conference was meeting an amazing person: Michelle Wolff, who held a session on self-care tips for people who advocate for cats and animals in general. I was impressed with her understanding of human nature and her compassion for humans and animals. We talked, laughed, cried (well, I cried) for …
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On a normal morning, my cat Phoenix starts meowing at the bedroom door before the sun has risen. In this case, it’s not hard to guess what’s on her mind: She’s hungry, and she wants to be fed NOW. No, not in five minutes; Phoenix does not have a snooze button. What usually happens: I roll out …
This Is Why I Freaked Out When My Cat Stopped Eating Read More »
Knowing that I delight in all things old, weird, and cat-related, my friend Rachel presented me with her latest used-bookstore find: How to Photograph Your Cat, a 1955 how-to pamphlet commissioned by Puss ’n Boots (the biggest cat food brand in the country at the time). For 25 cents and a few proofs of purchase, Puss …
I Photograph My Two Cats — Using Tips Published in 1955 Read More »
