Bright winter-flower, you burst into our lives at the time of year when hope huddles underground. You are a tropical print in a world turned grey. You teach us to make jam from bitter berries. You are Zuzu, the toast of Tabby’s Place.
You were warned about this “vicious tabby.” You’re so scared to walk into the room, the treats in your hand rattle. You go in anyway. (That’s the kind of brave potato you are. Don’t ever change.) You take one look at the cat you expect to fear, and you love him so much, so fast, […]
The shiest, scarediest cats that hide from our touch are often those that most deeply touch our hearts.
Table manners are overrated. Difficult Mode is overrated. Baby Mode is the secret to success. Just ask Deku, the cat who spills sunshine.
It was bitterly cold. There was a giant, red, danger-triangle of warning drawn over the entire state.
Editor’s note: Oh, kittens, are you ever in for a treat today. If you’ve been missing our inimitable Hips, feast your hearts on these words direct from his new Mom. You should know that Hips’ new Mom is not only a Tabby’s Place volunteer, but an actual, bona fide, real live angel made entirely out […]
If Mardi Gras is for lardy lap cats, Ash Wednesday is for those as soft as fog. They are so much more than “grey cats.” Call them silver linings and titanium cores, nimbus clouds and nimble comforters. Call them diamond charms and stainless steel, mystics and moonbeams. Most of all, call them Team Stardust, for […]
Every year on Fat Tuesday, we rejoice in our rotund residents. And every year, someone scolds me for “fat-shaming the cats.” But that is preposterous. We are dealing with a species that is completely safe from shame.
Like sunshine on your shoulders, you feel it before you see it. Some great light is smiling upon you. It’s too strong to control. It’s too powerful to predict. It’s too wonderful to describe. It’s a cat with cheeks big enough to fit two moons.