Category Archives: pets

soft, with sharp corners

Posted on Monday, 2012 January 23 by Anton

Another thing I like about my kitties: they never knead me.

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interspecies

Posted on Thursday, 2011 December 01 by Anton

Yesterday we had visitors including a big dog. My boys briefly hid in the bedroom, then came out cautiously for a better look. Rocky even touched noses with the dog.

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with a twist

Posted on Wednesday, 2011 November 30 by Anton

The local Humane Society gets a surprising number of cats with kinked tails, and I don’t mean the classic Siamese bend at the last bone; I’ve seen about six with two or more right angles.

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Panda Bramble and Rockstar Hermit Rocky

Posted on Saturday, 2011 November 26 by Anton

For “Black Friday” the local Humane Society has a special on black cats; so I took two, born in June. They quickly made themselves at home. A few pix. Faré tells me that the French for ‘play tag’ is jouer … Continue reading →

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superstition and the market

Posted on Thursday, 2010 October 14 by Anton

The local Humane Society has such a hard time placing black cats that it offers a deep discount on the adoption fee.

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catless

Posted on Saturday, 2010 July 10 by Anton

I think we tacitly imagined that Fluffie’s end would come while she slept contentedly on my lap. This week it became clear that that was not on the menu. If cats could reminisce verbally about good old times, what would … Continue reading →