And I will have the scars to prove it. Today is the first day that I had to give little fuzz brain Oliver his B vitamin shot. Not something I was looking forward to; but you gotta do what you gotta do. He was out early today (he usually snoozes either in my closet…

I have written before about our scaredy cat Oliver. Ollie’s mother was a feral kitty, and although we got him when he was just a kitten, he has never been trustful of humans. Not even us. Over the years, he got a little bit better – willing to sit out in the living room with…

Salem and his mommy. On December 27, 2014 at about 3:30 pm, my good friend Salem passed away in my arms. We don’t know exactly how old Salem was, but we know he had a long and well-loved life. Salem used to belong to our (used to be) next door neighbor. She had booted him…

  Not even cat shit, which we all know is the nastiest shit there is. Personally, I believe that most (if not all) women are born with a gene that allows them to deal with shit (literally). It makes evolutionary sense. Who else is going to deal with centuries of dirty diapers? Anyhow. Our beautiful…

Everybody thinks giving a dog a mouthful of peanut butter is hilarious. And they’re right. Happy dog, happy people. Win-win. Cats are generally to dignified to stoop to such antics (plus they like peanut butter but are not crazed for it like a dog is). Yesterday, however, I discovered that our tabby Leo really likes…

Okay – not really. I mean, I’m not happy that our old blind cat Salem is sick. However, I am tickled that we have a diagnosis. Salem has had a lifetime of health issues (particularly with his eyes, hence our old blind cat); but it was always vague and we could never get a diagnosis…

(did somebody say hair cut?) Our “middle” cat, Oliver is a big gray mound of fluff. Ollie’s momma was a feral cat and his early kittenhood apparently left him convinced that humans are, for the most part, scary creatures bent on killing him, or at least causing grieveous bodily injury. He has adjusted to me…

This is Stella – Go ahead – touch my belly – you know you want to. As you may know, many (if not most) cats do not like their belly touched. You may even have the scars to prove it. Cats take particular glee in this. They will roll over exposing that soft soft fluffy…