The Alien Mind of a Cat

by | Mar 22, 2010 | For Animal Lovers

  The mind of the cat is a mystery many of us long to solve.  Many people infuse their relationship with them with a number of human characteristics, a process known by the mouth-filling word anthropomorphizing.  We love to think our cats adore us, that they rub...

A Mouse in the House with Four Cats

by | Mar 20, 2010 | For Animal Lovers

  There is the long-standing belief that in order to avoid having vermin in the house or barn, especially the rodent variety, a cat is the best solution.  How many times have you heard someone say “Oh, Bootsie is such as good mouser!”  I have, many times.  But...

January morning early rising

by | Mar 19, 2010 | Random Thoughts

  There’s something to be said about the quiet hours of the morning, when you can listen to the soft sounds of a sleeping world.  Behind me, as I type, I hear the click-click cat claws on little padded feet on the wood floor as they move around the darkened...

Rain, rain, go away…or not

by | Mar 19, 2010 | Featured Articles, The Naturalist's Life

  Thoughts and consequences of a Catalina rain event It is late January.  I’m sitting in my dry and warm office, seeing the first (and probably only) rays of sun in the last few days hit the soaked ground, thinking “there are actually shadows out there.”  As I’m...

Cat Myths Exposed

by | Mar 18, 2010 | For Animal Lovers

  Ah!  Life in a small house with four indoor cats.  I often wonder, What were we thinking?  I can remember every step of the way, every logical and well-thought out step, and make sense of them individually.  It is the end-result what doesn’t make full sense. ...