Cheop the Cat Alert
Cheop the Cat is drunk with power! He stampedes back and forth across the apartment! He harasses the other cats! He threatens our very lives! He will not let us…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus, Pt. 5
The Japanese master of feline versifications, Hanatō Fukui (1650 - 1730), is revered the world over.Here are three of his Haiku that became very popular in Russia in the late…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus, Pt. 4
Today, more astounding verse by the Haiku master Hanatō Fukui (1650 - 1730), from the new translation by Trini Savitch. Three days, no shaving. White cat rubs my drunken…
Hanatō’s Cat Haikus
Many people the world over revere the Japanese poet Bashō (1644 - 1694), master of the Haiku. Bashō was to the Haiku what Shake-speare was to the sonnet - in…
Kitten vs. Barbie
On top of the computer are two Barbies. Why? Well, that's just the way we do it here. The Barbies were given by friends as gifts to my wife. They…
O Rambunctious Kitty!
Yesterday's post about my favorite "autocrats" got me thinking about "odder cats".Ha he. Sorry, bad joke. Ha.But seriously now, I did, for some mysterical reason, recall a vignette from my…