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READ GARFIELD'S FIRST
CHRISTMAS LETTER
HERE!!!!
Praise for Garfield's First Christmas
Mewsletter ....
Please tell Garfield
that his Christmas Letter was one of the most heartfelt I've ever read. Ed
Kostro Dec 2005
CHECK OUT RICKY'S YOGA SESSIONS
HERE:
One cat is
company. Two cats are a conspiracy. Three cats is an attempted takeover.
Four or more cats is a complete coup!
Shona Steele
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5 GOOD REASONS FOR
HAVING YOUR CAT NEUTERED
DID YOU KNOW... |
Images brought to you
by
'The smallest feline is a masterpiece.' Leonardo da Vinci
'Dogs come when called. Cats take a message and get back to you.'
'Of course, every cat is
really the most beautiful woman in the room.' Edward Verrall Luca, essayist
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A morning kiss, a discreet
touch of his nose landing
somewhere on the middle
of my face.
Because his long white
whiskers tickled,
I began every day laughing.
JANET F FAURE |
| 'Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.'
'In the
middle of a world that has always been a bit mad, the cat walks with
confidence.'
Roseanne Anderson
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Jimmy, the Resident Daily Mews Feline Columnist has his own place now:
click here
'Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr ...
A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It
is reinforcement of something we would all like to believe about ourselves -
that we are nice.' - Roger A Caras
"Of all the [cat] toys available, none is better designed than the owner
himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in
almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a noise
when you jump on it." -- Stephen Baker
Garfield: 28.03.86 - 12.06.06
Click on the cartoon to take you to Garfield's
tribute pages
GARFIELD and
those infamous 20th birthday pictures. See both birthday hats and more ...
LETTER FROM GARFIELD
is a final letter written with great love to his Mum ...
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CUDELL STREET CATS
My name is Laura Dumm and I share my life with twelve
amusing cats and one understanding husband. All of our cats were strays, either
very young abandoned kittens or cats that were injured and needed help. We have
always had a multiple cat house but I’ll only tell you about the cats we
currently have.
China
showed up in 1987 as a small little ball of black fluff that would fit in your
hand. She is the eldest.
Tigger (a tiger) came to us in 1988, he lived on our porch for a year before we
decided he wasn’t going anywhere and so we took him in.
Emmett showed up in 1990. He was in terrible trouble. Some awful human had set
him on fire and his tail was badly burned. We took him to the vets and his tail
had to be amputated. He is now a loving grey and white shorthair.
Smudge, a tiger and white fatty, came to us in 1996 after getting hit by a car
in front of our house. We took him to the emergency vet and nursed him back to
health. Smudge has the most beautiful eyes.
Homer
used to live next door with 9 children and a Rottweiler. He decided that he
would rather live with us and the rest of the cats. Everytime he got out of his
house he would run over here and hang out till I took him back home. Finally his
family gave in and let him stay with us. A few years later while he was playing
he ran into a branch and injured his eye. Sadly he lost his site in it and now
only has one good eye and only is allowed to play inside the house.
In
1997 we found a black feral cat with 6 kittens. We took them in and gave Mom our
basement to raise her babies. We found good homes for 3 of the kits but ended up
keeping her and three of her boys. So now we have MOMA (named after the Museum
Of Modern Art, because she had 6 little masterpieces) and the boys, Bongo Monkey
(a black and white big boy), Sam (a tiger and white) and Mr. Grey (a sleek grey
shorthair). Moma cannot get along with the other cats, so she lives in my studio
by herself and is happy with that arrangement.
One
summer morning in 1999 we were awakened by a kitten crying. We opened the front
door and in ran a little fuzzy tiger. He was full of fleas and scared. Belly,
now 5 years old, is the biggest, sweetest cat we have.
Fluke
(a tiger with white socks and face) showed up in the fall of 1999. He had a bite
on his front leg so we took him to the vets only to find out he was positive for
feline leukaemia. For some reason we decided not to put him to sleep. We brought
him home, built him an enclosure (apartment) upstairs complete with window,
plexi-glass door, shelves on the walls for climbing, all topped off with flying
mice and bumble bees painted on the walls and ceiling.
Then
in 2001 we were awakened at 2 a.m. in the morning by a kitten, crying very
loudly. Again I went down and opened the front door and called ‘kitty, kitty,
kitty’ and in ran a very pretty little pastel tortoise kitten. We thought she
was about 6 months old, but later we found out she was just small and she was
over a year old. Because we found her by the light of the moon, we named her
Luna. She now runs the house and is very talkative.
So
that’s the bunch. They are all spayed or neutered and are indoor cats. They
have an enclosed porch where they love to watch nature and sleep.
We
(the humans) are artists.
I am
a freelance graphic artist and when I’m not working I paint, draw, take pictures
of, do cartoons and hang out with the cats. I also volunteer and do all the
graphic work for Northcoast Animals, a cat rescue shelter in Cleveland Ohio. We
focus on finding good homes for stray cats and spreading the word to spay and
neuter your cat.
The
comic strips you will see in the coming months will explore the lives of these
cats. They will be informative, funny and sometimes touching.
My
husband is a cartoonist who draws and inks for the comic book American
Splendor, as well as working on other independent projects and his own comics.
Back to Cudell Street Index
Visit Laura's website here:
http://www.yessy.com/lauradumm
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Dear
Ollie, My name is Timber, and I'm on your side about this cat-food
thing. I mean really, my mum tried to serve me LIVER AND CARROT
MEAL!!!! I immediately walked away! So I'm so on your half
on this Ollie!
Love, Timber (USA)
To read
Timber's in-depth comments about food, please click
here:
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Top 10 Cats’ Names in 2007 |
- Molly
- Felix
- Smudge
- Sooty
- Tigger
- Charlie
- Alfie
- Oscar
- Millie
- Misty
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DID YOU KNOW ...
putting your cat's name on his collar
is asking for trouble?
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MEWSLETTER ARCHIVES is a
new section where all the past MEWSLETTERS are stored. Read
through them at your leisure or better still, subscribe to the
MEWSLETTER which is free each month!!! |
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Testimonials
Ollie's diary is the most adorable thing I've ever read!!
I've just found your website today, and I can't stop reading his
funny entries. My face hurts from laughing! Thank you for
brightening my day. Naomi Harris USA (May 2005)
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A Cat's Prayer'
Lead me down all the right paths,
Keep me from fleas, bees, and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed, and warm.
Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me young so I may play.
And most of all ...
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.
Lisa Malone
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PRAISE FOR THE OCTOBER
2005 MEWSLETTER
Thank you very much for another wonderful Mewsletter. I look
forward to it each month, and this month was especially fine.
There is enough in it to be able to read at leisure over several
days, which sets it apart from many more compact sites, which
are finished in a few minutes. Your Mewsletter is more of a
digest, which I can go back to for something new over and over
again. I appreciate very much the work that you put into it,
and the contributions of all your feline staff. Thanks to
Ricky, I may even take up yoga.
All the best from rural Belgium, Jared Kline |
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EVER HAD AN ELECTRIC SHOCK OFF YOUR CAT? Find out
why it happens here
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Pet, Skunk, Smoke and Dead
Animal Odor remover by Clear The Air Eliminates smells from dead
mice, skunk spray, cigarette smoke, pet urine, and foot odors.
For a wonderful website where animal
writers and illustrators are welcome, please go to:
www.iawia.net
The fantastic logo is by Jill Carpenter
MOLLIE'S BIG HEART*
is a website about a very
special cat with a very special problem. This heart-warming site is
temporarily off line while Mollie and his siblings relocate from California
to Pennsylvania. Don't worry folks - they'll be back soon!
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