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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
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5 GOOD REASONS FOR
HAVING YOUR CAT NEUTERED
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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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PRINCESS
GABRIELLA'S VALENTINE SURPRISE
By Ed Kostro
I first
met Princess Gabriella at the animal shelter on a hot, muggy, Saturday afternoon
in July. On that particular day, my volunteer duties included working in the
Cat Adoption Room. My job was to groom the cats, calm them, and prepare them
for the arrival of any potential foster parents who might wander in.
When I saw
the large number of cats up for adoption that day, I decided that I was going to
take one of them home. I figured that I could sneak one more in without my
spouse getting too upset.
As I went
about my grooming duties, I must have held and groomed 40 cats before I came
upon old Princess Gabriella. Most of these cats were young, frisky, and very
playful. This one was just the opposite. She was black and white and old. She
just stared out at me from her cramped prison cage with the saddest looking eyes
that I had ever seen on any animal.
When I
opened her cage door, she slowly and gingerly crawled into my arms and
immediately began nuzzling my chin. She was also purring delightedly. She
clung to my chest so tightly that I had a difficult time getting her back in the
cage. I was hooked.
The
shelter keeps a log on each unfortunate creature brought in, and I soon learned
that Miss Gabriella was 8 years old. Older cats like her often end up at a
shelter when their owner dies and family members no longer wish to care for the
deceased person’s pet.
Gabriella,
however, had been abandoned in a high-rise apartment building in the centre of
town. Her former owner had simply moved out and left her in the empty apartment
to fend for herself, without any food or water.
I learned
from shelter personnel that this is a far too common occurrence in big cities
today. On a daily basis, apartment superintendents find abandoned forlorn pets
like Princess Gabriella. These unfortunate throw-aways are then taken to animal
shelters, and sadly, very often put to sleep.
I decided
right there that Miss Gabriella would be spared this terrible fate. When I told
shelter personnel of my decision to take her home, they seemed surprised and
delighted that I wanted to adopt such an old cat.
Almost
everyone who wandered into their facility rescued only kittens and younger
felines up to two or three years of age. Seniors such as Miss Gabriella were
usually left to linger in their cages for a few weeks, and then sadly escorted
to the ‘sleep room.’
As I
loaded Princess Gabriella into my car that evening, I wondered if any other
elderly felines would be given a second chance at life that day. I sincerely
hoped they would.
The
elderly Miss Gabriella soon blossomed into a real geriatric treasure in our
household. She’s now our home’s official listener, confidant, tummy warmer,
visitor greeter, photographic ham, and sexy senior, and she’s in love with our
old tabby, Buddy. He’s definitely her ‘Valentine Guy.’
Our
Princess Gabriella definitely believes in senior citizen courtship and female
aggressiveness. She is madly in love with old Buddy, and she’s been after him
with Cupid’s Bow and Arrow for several years now – and she refuses to give up
hope.
She will
follow him around the house for hours, batting her long lovely whiskers at him
every chance she gets. Gruff old Buddy usually ignores her or hisses his
disapproval of her continuous amorous attentions.
But the
old girl will just not give up or give in. She obviously believes that Buddy
will one day come to his senses and fall madly in love with her, too. She’s a
very stubborn old love-sick cat.
And I just
know that she’s planning something extremely romantic for old Buddy this
Valentine’s Day.
He’s
especially fond of dining on spiders, and I’ve recently seen the Princess
dashing all about our basement, collecting a wide variety of them for Buddy’s
‘Special Valentine’s Day Gift.’
Won’t he
be surprised!
And maybe,
just maybe, this year, Princess Gabriella’s Valentine Dream will finally come
true. I sincerely hope it does.
Isn’t love
simply grand?!
© Ed Kostro 2005
Be sure to check out Ed's websites.
http://edkostro.home.comcast.net/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
www.authorsden.com/edkostro
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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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- Molly
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- 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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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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