Seriously ... cats

[kinzel]

Cats

Name a couple of your favorite books about cats. Can be fiction, can be nonfiction.

Also, do you have a favorite cat magazine? How about a favorite cat movie? A favorite cat toy?

Favorite cat site?

Favorite real life well-known cat...


Warning: I'm making lists... and will without hesitation pick and choose as the Catwhisker Digest (over there at Catwhisker.net) is set for a makeover.

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cat books

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the Star K'at series by Andre Norton.

personal acquaintance
My beloved Satin, a black-calico medium fur cat genius. Very plain looking kitten grew into a beautiful cat.
Smart? Anything she saw the other cats do she could do, with a twist of her own. She also thought up things none of the others understood. Not that she always applied the knowledge herself. Younger brother Mouse was long and lean. He could open any standard door easily, so, Satin would get him to open doors for her. (I got curious one day about her coming out and poking him. He'd get up and follow her down the hall and return shortly without her. So, I followed them. They got to my mother's door, Mouse reared up, opened the door, down and left while Satin strolled in.) Later, when Mouse was no longer with us, I saw Satin open doors. More of a stretch for her, but she did it.

The best story about Satin was after my mother developed sleep apnea. I worried any time I had to leave her alone for fear she'd nap. She'd promise not to, but... Came home from a quick shopping trip one day and Mom was sitting up grinning. She told me that if that cat had been born human she would have been a wonderful nurse. Huh? Mom explained that she had dozed off sitting up and apparently stopped breathing only to wake with a start. Satin was on her lap with one paw, claws extenced and piercing Mom's chest. This was a cat who never used claws or teeth against humans. After that, I didn't worry if I had to leave.

The thirteen years I had the privilege of knowing Satin were all too short.