Music and Cats

How can it be that I’ve not posted a photo of the McKittens in over a month? Sheesh… this blog was never much about music, but our cats have always been part of it. Sasha, Sergei and Lyra all show up in today’s tale (though Lyra has only a cameo in the first scene). Who […]

After I’ve rubbed my thumb carefully over Sasha’s face, and ruffled the tufts on each of his ears, he returns the favor, giving my thumb and forefinger a thorough bath.

As I was working in the kitchen a few minutes ago, mixing up the batter for sourdough pancakes (to ferment overnight) and putting a half flat of the hugest, sweetest blackberries I’ve ever tasted onto cookie sheets (to go into the freezer), I was thinking about Not Posting today. And then I realized that this […]

When Sasha and Lyra began fighting, Sergei just seemed puzzled. He’s used to curling up with Sasha for afternoon naps, but Sasha had begun hissing whenever he came close. He’s also quite fond of Miss Lyra, and she didn’t want him anywhere near her, either. I wouldn’t have said before that a cat could look […]

He looks like a big softie, doesn’t he? And for most of his life, Sasha has acted pretty much the way he looks: soft, sweet, easygoing. While we don’t know whether he really has the Maine Coon forebears that his appearance suggests, he has had the gentle temperament for which they’re known, as well as […]