You come to this venerable blog with the big questions: Why not “Hannah”? Why not, Hannah? Why not Hannah?
You don’t need me to remind you how hard it is to be a person. Especially in winter. Especially this winter. Being a person is excruciating. Being a person is exquisite. But being a Tabby’s Place person means never having to face anything alone. And being a Tabby’s Place cat means taking care of the people who […]
Going strictly by his name, Braveheart sometimes appears to miss the mark. But if we go strictly by names, we will miss most of what matters.
The great white rhinoceros has left the building. That means it’s up to you to be our Valentine.
There are mysteries Tabby’s Place is equipped to solve. Our Vet Team heals the wounded and unravels rare diseases. Our Behavior Team negotiates peace between 150 infallible beings who each aspire to world domination. The sleuths in our kitchen crack open cans and crack the case of who favors which flavors. (Picture 150 infallible kindergarteners […]
If you want to hold a camera, you need a director with a steady hand. If you want to hold a heart, you should cast a trembling cat.
There are muddy buddies, and Nutty Buddies, and, in a feat of carbohydrate genius, Chip Butties. There are teddy bears, teddy grahams, and Teddy Ruxpin, who incidentally was the most terrifying toy of the 1980s after My Buddy. But there is only one Teddy-buddy, and we’ve got him at Tabby’s Place.
There are cats we wrap in hugs and cats we adorn with kisses. But when it came to Pisa, we only asked one thing. “Darling, come in from the cold.”
The wheel of fortune had spun many times since Annette last felt like gold. In a crowded shelter, an old cat learns she is not the new convertible with a big red bow. People do not jump up and down at the sight of her face. She is the faithful hatchback with high mileage and […]
French fries originated in Belgium. French toast comes from Rome. The French poodle is really a German water retriever. (Sacre bleu!) But a cat from New Jersey is cent pour cent French.