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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!o
Shona
Steele (Australia) |
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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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NEW BEGINNINGS
It
was Christmas Eve and Catherine blew her nose as quietly as she could. She
didn’t want to draw attention to herself and be thought of as weak, or that she
couldn’t hack it. She was sitting with her back against a puny tree trunk in a
small village in Namibia. The setting sun was sinking low in the sky – a huge
giant golden orb casting orange shadows and highlighting the stark tree lines
which were dotted here and there. She’d been told that she hadn’t seen a sunset
until she’d seen an African sunset – and they were right. They were absolutely
sensational but right now, at this moment in time, the beauty of the setting sun
was lost on her.
She’d come to this village as a nurse to help care for the orphans living with
HIV/AIDS a couple of weeks ago. The children were as young as a few months up to
18 years of age and apart from being given medicine to help with their
treatment, they were taught in a one-roomed school house every day and the older
ones were given a small patch of land to tend to help them become
self-sufficient. All the children had lost parents to the disease and many had
lost siblings as well.
It
was a daunting task, and Catherine, not one to shy away from a challenge, had
felt the call to do something, to make a difference in a culture not her own.
But somehow she felt, as she sat against the tree, that she wasn’t making any
impact at all. It had been hard to integrate as being the new person to join the
group, friendships had been made and she still felt like an outsider. And as
hard as she tried to make friends with the children they seemed not to like her,
or trust her. She just felt out of her depth and wondered at her sense in coming
to a country thousands of miles from the comfort of her shabby old semi in
Croydon.
Fat
tears coursed down her cheeks and she closed her eyes, giving herself up to a
good cry and ignoring the beauty of the sunset. She hadn’t noticed little 5 year
old Nathan sitting just behind her watching her. Now he came silently over to
where she was sitting, and just as quietly he sat down beside her, slipping his
tiny hand into hers. She opened her eyes and looked to her right where he was
seated. He smiled at her, a big gap-toothed smile that most 5 year olds have.
‘It’s okay missus,’ he said, ’tears are God’s way to clear out the old bad stuff
and make room for the new good stuff.’ Catherine smiled a watery smile at him.
Maybe he was right. Maybe there was some new good stuff just around the corner.
© Pauline Dewberry December 2007
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WORLD ANIMAL DAY is on 4th October EVERY YEAR. Get INVOLVED.
www.worldanimalday.org/uk |
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MEGA
THANKS TO MICK, TONY AND KIM of PC HOMECARE for making my
computer better!!!!
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Top 10 Cats’ Names
in 2009 |
- Max
- Bailey
- Buddy
- Molly
- Maggie
- Lucy
- Jake
- Daisy
- Rocky
- Sadie
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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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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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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
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