Cartoon Cats

There is a neat cartoon I like to read every day. 'Savage Chickens'. Just Google it. It's mostly about chickens but Doug Savage has also put some pretty funny sketches of cats on his website. He draws his cartoons on sticky notes and then puts them on the Savage Chickens site. If you click on his cats tag it will take you to all of his cat cartoons. In fact today he had a cartoon of cats on a Christmas tree. It seems he presently has two cats: Watson and Crumble. I don't know Doug Savage and I've never contacted him so to one of my favorite creators of laughs here's a little free advertizing.

Review of HERO CATS

I had a  thought that once in a while I would write a review of a book about cats. Just so happens that I've been reading a book about cats: 'Hero Cats (True Stories of Daring Feline Deeds)'. by Eric Swanson. It contains within its pages heroic deeds performed by cats very much like our very own feline friends. You wouldn't guess that kitties could be heroes, but it's true according Eric Swanson. This book looks at cats in a different light. Sure most of the time, they are the lazy, self centered, heat seeking felines we've come to love and adore, but just read this book and you'll look at your purring machine in a different light.

There is Pod who protects Aegis from an intruder dog; Scarlett who saves her kittens one by one from a burning building risking her life and almost losing it. There is Tramp who saves her canine friend, Lady from a fox trap; and Mr. Meow who saves a new born baby girl from strangulation. The list goes on. This book though not mushy is tender and funny, a good read for the whole family.

Golden Eyed Feline Dreaming

The following is a song I started and someone on the chat room 'I Love Cats' finished.
Used by permission.

If all my cats were gone and the sky was grey,
I would be so lonely on a winter's day
My wife works all day. We're not in LA,
I went for a walk and began to pray.

Golden eyed feline dreaming on such a lonely day.

• Came across a cat ... (that) I had passed along the way
  He started to walk and talk with me
  On a sunny day ...
  People stared along the street
  As we walked on by
  That cat knew where he was going
  No need to ask him why
  I wondered where he was headed
  Where he would take me
  He showed me some directions
  To help to set me free
  The cats know all the answers
  The cats know what to do
  They know where you need to go
  And what you need too
  Listen to the cats ...
  They will guide you along
  They understand the humans
  And help to keep us strong ...

Golden eyed feline dreaming on such a lonely day

Comfortable Kitty

Cats are very laid back creatures. They don't try to shape their own world. They just lay back and wait for the world to shape itself to suit them. They communicate very plainly without words. They know exactly what they want and it will come to them by their will. Cats know how to be comfortable and to get us humans to serve them. The cat is a manipulating genius. They are very tranquil and we could learn something from that. A piece of string becomes a wonderful toy dangled from the kitten's servant's skillful hand. Catnip is legal for our feline friends. We have several lost catnip toys under our furniture at any given time. A crumpled up grocery receipt gives a cat endless joy as it plays hockey around the kitchen floor finally making the goal under the electric range. Joys are simple and they give us pleasure quite unwillingly by their very nature.

The Purrrfect Companion

When you have a cat, it takes time, patience and understanding of their individual personalities, but their worth it. It's not about who owns who, its a relationship. You're never lonely when you have a cat. They can bring out the laughter from your heart when you thought that it was buried so deep you would never see it again. You can see the wonder in a piece of string or a crumpled up piece of paper along with your kitten. Conversations with your cat are simple body language. You know when they need some morsels, or want to go outside or when they are finished playing or when to give them some space or when they want a cosy lap or a good scratch. It's always on the cats' terms, though. You can't lead a cat, but it's the cats' personality that teaches us so much. We learn to be humble, how to serve, and virtues like patience, love, self control, goodness, forgiveness, and faithfulness are examples. God created cats to teach us many things. Let's be thankful for them and treat them with the love that human race is so capable of giving other species.

Pictures

Ever try to get a picture of your cat when it looks so cute sleeping in a funny position, or doing something hallarious. It seems that by the time the camera is retreived, the cat has moved or the action is cut. It seems like we should come with built-in cameras so we don't miss those special moments. I don't know how people get such good photos of their cats that are posted on Facebook, email, and internet sites, but they bring much joy to cat lovers of all ages. Happy picture taking.

Cats in Literature

Many cats have appeared in children's stories, romances, science fiction and just about every genre you can think of. All of my books on Kindle at least have cats mentioned in them. "Two Feral Waifs' is stricklty about the rescue of some cats. In 'Fire Escape', two cats make an appearance: Muffin lost in a lightening storm and  another cat stuck on a roof. Muffin is actually the name of the first cat we ever owned and she lived a good 18 years. Both of these cats are rescued by the hero of the story, Jerome. In 'Theory of Sevens', one of the heroines owns several cats where she lives with her mother. I hope to write cats into all of my stories in one way or the other. They are the perfect pet in my opinion with unlimited ways to get them into literature.