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Morgan

My cat is 17 years old. I’ve had her since I was just 15. Recently things have been difficult. She has arthritis which she is on medication for and has taken to incessant and loud yowling all hours of the night. It’s worse than it sounds. On a bad night, no one gets any decent [...]

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Guest Post @ Tina Gray {dot} Me

I’m guest posting today at Tina Gray {dot} Me. You can check it out here: I Think I Want a Divorce.

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Nature vs Nurture

Personality. It’s a strange beast. Every day, a little bit more of Riley’s personality emerges. But it can be hard to tell what is actual personality and what is her being a toddler. It is hard to tell what she was born with and what she has learnt. She’s extremely gregarious. But not around toddlers. [...]

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The Cat and the Toddler

Here they are this morning, enjoying their special friendship. Which means that Riley can kick her (a little bit) and Morgan doesn’t mind. Riley is at the stage where she is very intent on hugging Morgan. She pursues her with the kind of intensity that makes me feel sorry for future objects of her affection.

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My First Baby

Still looking great and 16 years young . . .

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But I Want This Present

Despite receiving more gifts than any little person could actually focus on, Riley still demonstrated a keen interest in the cat bed: Undeterred by the fact that it was, after all, a cat bed – she laid her claim Several times: Ironically it is this precise behaviour that has led to the bed becoming such a big hit [...]

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Friends are For Keeps

When Riley was born I was continually worried that Morgan (the cat) would smother her. It didn’t help that Morgan likes to sleep on or near peoples heads. She’s weird like that. It was very helpful then, that when Riley was a newborn blob, Morgan failed to identify her as an actual person. Although she [...]

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I Have Serious Questions About Her Genetics

My cat has failed. Fair enough – she may be pretty old. 112 in cat years, she’s no Posey, but still she’s getting up there. And this is no ordinary failure – not some life unlived failure – but an actual failure to fulfill her genetic potential as a cat. She is scared of birds, [...]

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