My favorite kitty gets very tense every fall. She paces.She’s jumpy. She’s cranky. And she doesn’t get enough sleep. All because she must remain ever vigilant to the attacking forces. As soon as they start changing color she seems to know that they will soon be attacking her territory again. And she waits and watches. …
The other day Muffy walked up and rubbed her head against my leg. Since that is a pet me request, I bent down, balancing on my toes, and did as she asked. While I was there I saw the L-A-P look come into her eyes. In the seconds that I had before she jumped on …
The books I read tell me that cats are more like people than dogs are in the way that their feelings work. A dog is a pack animal that follows a leader and wants to please the leader. The owner becomes the leader for a dog. A cat lives independently they have their own thoughts …
Muff and I have had a problem to work out for about a year now. Jealousy! For a long time she would come in when I was working on the computer. She would jump up to be petted, investigate everything and then curl up and go to sleep in a very companionable way. Then, very …
Glenn has a new hobby. He’s quite good at it, too. I guess that comes from all his diligent practice. Every free evening he sits in his recliner with his laptop computer and proceeds to do wonderous things—programming, surfing webs, conquering whole universes. But that’s not the hobby I’m talking about. Muffy knows the schedule. …
Garrison Keillor sang a song about a man who does not help his weakened father or his mother in rags or even his sick daughter. They each beg for his help and each time he says “I won’t feel guilty for I am not to blame”. Then his cat enters the room and looks at …
Someone gave me a book recently. It’s called All I Need to Know I Learned From My Cat, written by an intelligent person, obviously! One of the things learned was: ask for attention (use negative attention-getting ONLY as a last resort). It started me thinking. Some wise soul once said “Cats are like children—with fur.” …
Someone gave me a book recently. It’s called All I Need to Know I Learned From My Cat, written by an intelligent person, obviously! One of the things learned was: ask for attention (use negative attention-getting ONLY as a last resort). It started me thinking. Some wise soul once said “Cats are like children—with fur.” …
Muffy knows what is proper. She takes manners very seriously. One such propriety—”a purrson’s presence should be acknowledged.” She expects to be spoken to when she enters a room or when you enter the room she’s in. That furry little face can look very disgruntled as she meows a protest, if I forget myself and …
There must be something universal about a mother’s voice. I have found that all I have to do is say “MISS Parkinson” in that certain tone of voice and Renee wants to know what she’s done and Muffy jumps off of whatever she’s on! Recently Muffy was crying at the basement door and Glenn thought …
