Old cats at home
One of the first birthday presents I remember receiving was a Casio keyboard. Although this did not launch me to the levels of Keyboard Cat or Nora, it helped prepare me for Anneke and Mimi.
Guest post: Oh Domino
I walk down the hallway toward my bedroom and a baby-like bleating pipes up. I lean over the baby gate into my craft room and he meows again, more softly. “Hello, Domino!” I call, and he meows again with such little volume it’s no more than his mouth opening and a whisker wiggle.
Luminous fame
We live in an age in which it’s easy to be famous. That’s unfortunate, because being famous is hard.
Epilogues: December 2016
Oh December. Just when we’re ready to write you off as a dastardly doer of dastardly deeds, you give us a thrill of hope, and some out-of-season kittens.
Baby New Year x125
2016 was a doer of some dastardly deeds. The New Year is still nearly formless and void. But a very good spirit is hovering over the waters here. It is the spirit…of birthday cake.
Gratuitous cat photos of the day: Love in the time of chaos
This year is in danger of being remembered for what it took. But woe to us if we forget what 2016 gave.
Crown the year with goodness
The measure of a year depends entirely on the scale. For thirteen lucky cats, 2016 was the grandest year of all.
Gratuitous cat photo of the day: Far as the curse is found
Holidays are terrific, terrible reminders of all the feelings you have ever felt. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you are a cyborg. And you know and I know that you’re as real as life and breath and egg nog.
Gratuitous cat photo of the day: Repeat the sounding joy
If you’re a cat, or a three-year-old, you do not mind repetition. Make the feather fly again! Start the Doc McStuffins DVD again!