Speaking of polydactyls, here are the cats resident at the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Key West, Fl. They are descendants of Hemingway's six-toed cat, Snowball, and most are also six-toed. You'll notice that they are named after some of Heming way's favorite people....

Hi Britta: I tried to send you an e-mail about your Calgary trip but got it returned. Do you want to send me an e-mail at smawdsley ((((at)))) shaw (((((((((dot)))))))))) ca? SM

I forgot to mention this this morning. I fell about laughing. The cat food is placed in bowls in the utility room, and the outside door of the utility is kept open during the day as the cats have free access to the outside, and are free-fed, as that way it stops a certain one-eyed black-furred...

Got the following forwarded to me via email - no author's name was attached: Now I lay me down to sleep The king-size bed is soft and deep. I sleep right in the center groove My human can't hardly move. I've trapped her legs, she's tucked in tight And here is where I pass the night

Thank you all for your kind words; they have meant a lot to my DH and me. We still can't quite believe our Mikey's gone. We will eventually get used to walking around the house without looking where we're going, wearing clothes not covered with white hairs, and turning into the driveway without...

I wouldn't mention the great actor's death here, except for that one of his most famous scenes, one from "The Godfather," was done with a tabby kitten tumbling around in his lap-- and he was tickling the little thing with the sure, practiced touch of a real cat person. RIP. Theresa My Blog:...

(forwarded to me, this is not a personal account) I know my memory's fading. I actually kept my mammogram appointment. I chose a seat next to a man and his wife in the waiting room. Both the chairs and conversations were so comfortable that before long I'd totally forgotten why I was there and...

Francis is enjoying having both ends scritched at once :-) http://uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wafflycat/detail?.dir=/c59d&.dnm=1a0f.jpg Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om$

Well, I finally (you don't want to know how finally ;)) pushed the daybed out to vacuum behind it. Out popped: Green and gold glitter ball Purple and gold glitter ball Two fur mice One felt catnip mouse Two rainbow-colored ping pong balls I tossed them out to the middle of the room-- it seemed to...

I had a long day at the vet hospital today. Worked from 8 to 6 with an hour lunch. The day started out with an euthanasia which I assisted with. *sigh* Not a good way to start out the day..... Anyways, the day did get better. I got to be with Pete, I checked on the two lumps, (see Two Lumps)...

Got a roast beef sandwich from the deli today. I was sitting in the breakroom watching People's court eating it, with Pete at my elbow examining my every move. He tried to walk from the desk he was sitting on to the TV tray and paw at the sandwich. I shooed him off and he jumped to the ground. ...

I am sitting here at my computer working on my resume when all of a sudden I hear this great big commotion outside. The local birds are screaming their little heads off. I run outside and I see my "middle child" ( the big Maine Coon like cat) up a cedar tree hunting. He is out on a limb with two...

I got carried away and wrote up reams of pages on our trip to Best Friends. I have to pare it down to be of interest to you - about the cats, of course! I'm a little hesitant to "tell all" since it may start out as a bit of a downer but, in truth, it's quite heartwarming. Chris and I had signed...

Rescue story with pictures.. http://www.theonlyaaron.com/projects/b3ta/duckies/ Kristy -- -- (( /\ /\ ))

Hi all, I just got a very nice email from a longtime rpca lurker, Paulette, who recently heard from Jen re Muggles getting a haircut, complete with photos! Paulette asked me to post this for her so here it is. Many thanks, Paulette and her kitty Lucy, for sharing this with us; hope to hear more...

When my computer came back after being repaired I found some settings had changed. I fiddled around getting them right again and left the machine on while I did some chores. In the meantime Bonnie went peacefully to sleep on top of the monitor - it's her favourite warm spot! Suddenly there was a...

I was trying to sleep last night, dang, I can't get comfortable. Thought my pajama top was scrunched up and I was leaning on a button or something. So I shifted it around, without disturbing Persia. Dang, nope, something still isn't right. So I'm groping up my shirt (laughing), what the HELL is...

Meowmie reigns triumphant (at least for the moment!). Persia has been pestering, pestering all day - out, out, outside in the Kitty Walk pleeeeease? I had her out twice already. Simply wasn't enough. Okay, girl, but it's going to rain. OW-OW-OUT! So out she goes. I go about my business. ...

http://www.wtv-zone.com/ljsmeenge/JustFunnies/needglasses.jpg -- Bev The email of the species is more deadly than the mail.

For those of you who remember my cat sagas of the summer of 2003, I managed to find a nice home for Pirate, a gorgeous silver longhaired kitty who strayed into my backyard. (This was at the same time period that I'd committed to taking in wild Tucker (after he'd bit me) and shy Robin,...