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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
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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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WHY CAT
DAY?
By Tiger Hample
(A bold, visionary feline)
I was asked by Pauline Dewberry, esteemed proprietor of this site, to write
about why I founded the concept for an international cat holiday, and why I
selected August 15th as the day of honour.
[N.B. as I tell my story, know that what is true for me is equally true for
virtually every pussycat who walks the earth]
I was just another passive domestic pet horsing around with a fuzzy fake grey
mouse (to jolly the warden) pretending I was stupid enough to believe it was
real. Suddenly I caught sight of myself in a mirror going through this
humiliating performance, and it hit me that us cats don’t really count for
diddly in this dog-oriented culture.
In a flash I decided I’m not gonna play that game any
more. Because, see, lying around on the carpet all day, waiting for
somebody to come home to chuck me under the chin, was not my top career choice.
If I’d had a choice, I’d have picked something so the world would know me
for the fabulous, fantastic feline I am.
But
life’s a tough buck. You’re supposed to shut up and play the hand you’re
dealt. Which, if I did, I’d be left with a split personality.
Because, on the one hand, us
cats are supposed to love you, our pseudo-parental owners, but
on the other hand, to you we’re mostly just furry objects to be fed. And
sometimes petted, essentially as surrogates for the beloved teddy bears of your
long-lost childhood. Otherwise we’re like wallpaper, in the room, but
overlooked.
Which, in a moment
of sheer cerebral legerdemain (destined to go down as perhaps the most iconic
moment in feline history) I decided to fix.
My
initial insight, (hand of God?) which came out of some unknowable place like a
bolt from the blue, was to look at a 12-month calendar. And when I did, a voice
inside me snarled, “What’s missing, pussycat?”
Because, I saw special holidays to honour mothers, fathers, grandparents,
secretaries, bosses (bosses?), historical heads of state, military
leaders, trees, veterans, labour, cities, countries, wars, ends of wars, the
first day of May, explorers, and (a real biggie in the Colonies!) National Tap
Dance day. There is also a day set aside for fools! And (this drives a stake
through my heart) National Pet Week! But nothing for Cats. Rien! Nada. Zero.
Zilch. Does this tee me off? Take a guess.
That’s when the concept for a
special day to celebrate felis domesticus sent up a dazzling fireworks
extravaganza in my soul!
POW! POW! POW! PUSSYCATS RULE!
I chose August the 15th,
for two reasons: (1) it’s in the middle of the disgusting “Dog Days” of summer –
(2) it’s in a month that isn’t clogged with special holidays. Is this a perfect
day for “Cat Day,” or what?
I’m
already too busy planning the third annual Cat Day celebration for August 15th,
2006 to write more, so if you want to find out more about this holiday to honour
pet royalty, find my book HAPPY CAT DAY: A MANIFESTO FOR AN OFFICIAL CAT
HOLIDAY, and/or log on to my site
www.happycatday.org.
Meanwhile, here are some peppy
cheers to use at the cat day parade I hope you’ll organize on August 15th to
rouse the rabble:
CAT
DAY! CAT DAY!
GIVE
IT TO ‘EM NOW!
CAT DAY! CAT DAY!
MEOW! MEOW! MEOW!
CAT
DAY! CAT DAY
LOVE
YOUR PET
CATS
DESERVE
ALL
THE STROKES THEY CAN GET!
Love – and Happy Cat Day,
Tiger
Taken from 'Happy Cat Day' A manifesto for an official Cat
Holiday written by
Tiger Hample
(A bold, visionary feline)
Illustrated by Stu Hample (none of those)
Back to Mewsers' Mewsings Index
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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
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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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For a wonderful website where animal
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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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