I miss my cat. Cleo, more popularly known as “Psssssssst” was taken away from me about 30 years ago - but I still haven’t stopped missing her. She was about the coloring of the cat in this video - a seal point Siamese. And she was every bit Siamese. Very polite soft mew if [...]
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Do cats get music?
I miss my cat although it’s been thirty years since I lost her. After a recent discussion we were having on the yahoo group I found myself remembering how strangely my cat used to react to my singing. I used to sing Indian classical and used a “tanpura” which is a four-stringed instrument that gives [...]
Mr and Mrs Tiger
How sad it is that just two tigers in what is supposed to be a tiger reserve should make for front page news today. If I had known, when I went to Sariska (about three hours’ drive from Delhi) that there were no tigers, I would have saved myself some worry. The thing [...]
Los Ojos
I hope that means what I think it means in Spanish — those eyes But one look and you know what I mean. I found some photos of Kali and although this one is a low res version, you can see how exceptioally beautiful she is. You can also see her special personality shining through. [...]
Kali
My favoritest cat in the whole world is growing old. Her once impossibly glossy fur is all but gone, and what’s left looks… well, burnt. She’s preoccupied and resigned and her beautiful almond-shaped jade green eyes don’t open as wide any more.
Kali is my cat by proxy. I persuaded my friend Prasanto to make friends [...]
Twisted cat
Some little kitties will go to a lot of trouble to look back and up at a person’s face. A few notches more and Biki (sister to Kini) would have toppled right over on her side. Actually, this kitten hasn’t yet got over her puzzlement at people’s faces being eventually connected to their feet. She’ll [...]