by Doug Thompson | Jan 28, 2021 | Musings
One of our three cats was lying on the carpet in our den this morning and stretched, squeaked and purred as I petted her. Puffer couldn’t meow because she was born with damaged vocal cords, along with her sister, Coco, who were feral kittens that Amy cared for...
by Doug Thompson | Jul 16, 2017 | Musings
Buried our oldest cat Saturday afternoon by a stream not far from our house. He spent 126 cat years with us after Amy discovered him screaming as a tiny kitten by a creek in Belleville, Illinois, when she was taking care of her mother and I was still gallivanting...
by Doug Thompson | Jul 27, 2011 | Featured, Musings
Trouble came to us via a co-worker at The Eddie Mahe Company in Washington in 1995. She found the kitten shivering in the rain in a DC alley. He had survived among the other creatures of the night. The black-and-white kitten didn’t meow and make much of any...