Every cat is a detective. This is why their tails curl into question marks when they are glad to see you: Are you excited about my existence? Will you prove it with poultry? But no two cats are on the same case. And only one is qualified to catch the elusive “indeed.”
Every cat was born to rule. The most raggedy stray, with fur sticking up like a sea urchin, is a duchess. The toothless tabby whose body type is “matzo ball” is a duke of dignity. Even our reigning imp Berry is a king, though he was under the impression there would be more burgers involved. […]
First meetings don’t always go to plan. First impressions can be difficult to shake…especially if those impressions include significant puncture wounds.
There was a cat in there somewhere, behind the gnashing teeth. We were told this tabby tempest was called Dora. Her people said there was nothing left to explore. She had forfeit her right to be adored. It was nice of us to take her, but we should beware: she was “fractious and strong.”
If you need help with quantum physics, Shakespearean sonnets, or folding a fitted sheet, you had best find someone brilliant. But if you’ve misplaced your astonishment, and you can’t find it anywhere, you need more than brilliance. You’re in luck. Tabby’s Place is the epicenter of Jilliance.
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it?” – Anne of Green Gables “Girl, you must be 49% feline.” – The Tabby’s Place cats
There is so much we would forget, if the cats weren’t here to remind us. For instance: diagnosis is not destiny. Joy resists the body’s buffoonery. You can be incandescently happy without, say, a working pancreas, or the use of your back legs. But there is a kind of grief more piercing than any wound, […]
Family. That’s what we are here at Tabby’s Place. That’s what you are, if you’re reading this. That’s what Kiki is.
All religions agree that certain things are holy. For instance: Moly. Mackerel. Cow. Guacamole. And, most importantly, cats.