After whupping lung cancer and winning the heart (okay, the tolerance) of the formerly cat-hating Peachy, our Grady found himself in need of a new challenge. “Fortunately”, a new nemesis was just around the corner… Ringworm. (Cue villain music here.)
Everyone remenbers the movie The Cats of Madison County. After all, it was directed by Clint Eastwood and starred him and Meryl Streep. The film, which won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, was about a National Geographic photographer who … Actually this post is about the cats of Madison County (and […]
When my Mom is in the mood for fast food, she famously orders a Quarter Pounder. Just a Quarter Pounder. Not a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, not a Double Quarter Pounder, and – brace yourselves – no fries with that. Similarly, in the last couple of weeks, all of the Value Meal kittens have been ordered […]
Breaking news from Adoption Room #2: there are cats in there! More to the point, there are visible cats.
I don’t use the word big lightly with Vinny. This is a cat who doesn’t do anything in a small way…and finding his forever home was no exception.
Shortly after Tabby’s Place opened, I acquired my first officemate. Slide was an old one-eyed cat who did not do well with other felines. He thrived in my office and was adopted eventually. Since then, I have not been without an officemate for more than a few days at a time. In fact, since Sinbad […]
This was one of those grab-me-by-the-heart, must-share-immediately stories. I’m a firm believer that cats can teach us a lot about loving each other well, and this true tale expands upon that in a most amazing way.
Such was the conversation between two of our newest residents: tiny Numi and elegant mama Chai. To clarify, mama Chai is not Numi’s mama – a point which would become increasingly clear over the few hours they spent together.
In a recent [[The itsy bitsy Bitsy|post]], Angela commented about Bitsy, contender for the world’s smallest cat. Angela voiced concern that Bitsy was being exploited for the benefit of her human owners. Well turnabout is fair play. There is now a cat t0uting that he has the world’s smallest human.
So you make it out of a high-kill shelter in the company of a uniquely spectacular clique of cats. One by one, each of your buddies is adopted, and you keep waiting, wondering…can a lovable, marshmallow-y, lumpy older boy find love? Oh, Rickie, you needn’t have worried. Your forever home was mean to be long before […]