How often have you felt you were on ground zero and were dreaming of becoming a hero? Did you get there? Or maybe you didn’t know how? For your inspiration, I will tell you the story of Filippo, the hero-cat. Animals can teach us, humans, a lot Have you ever noticed how our human ways…
How a handicap can create a tyrant – Kittie’s rise from an outcast to the boss. When we noticed that the cat which came to eat in our place was blind we allowed her to become an indoor cat. We had the best intentions – and no idea what would happen in the pet family…
Fear is not a bad thing. It has helped humanity to survive. And if you meet a rattlesnake or a lion, to be in fear probably would be an adequate response, especially the automatic fear reaction: freeze, flee or fight, which is imprinted in humans as well as in most animals. The question I am…
You may have read about SnowWhite’s early years and the first major misfortunes in her life. But she made it, heroically, and survived everything against all predictions. You would have liked to hear – “and she lived happily ever after”, but unfortunately, she didn’t. There was no end to the obstacles which this creature had…
On a sightseeing tour to Todi (in Umbria/Italy) we found a breed of tiny cats in an ancient stone container alongside the church. The priest urged us to take home one, at least one, and so I took a tiny gray creature. In those days I didn’t know much about cats yet and so I…
Do you know what “Pallino” means? Say it loud, change a little the vowel – and yes, you get it. It means “ball”, and more correctly “little ball” in Italy, where Pallino lived his 10 years as a snow white cat. He was a descendant of the famous Queen SnowWhite which already has appeared in this blog and certainly…
Arlechina means “Harlequin” in English, and you can imagine how she looked like: all patchwork, white, black, and red-orange spots in no particular order all over her body. She looked somehow funny. As if she knew that, she made herself up as something very special. She sat in her little basket in a certain upright…
Why would you use traps? In the area where I live it is illegal to use traps for catching wild animals, but it is a tradition that people do it, anyway. They construct traps of bicycle wire which they insert into holes in fences, hoping that foxes or porcopines get caught there. Well, and often other animals…
The cat who successfully entered into the indoor circle We humans like to have a warm home in winter, right? We think that animals have fur and therefore don’t feel cold. Wrong! Today I want to tell you the story of the cat who came in from the cold – after 13 years of putting…
This is the story of Sunnyboy, the foundling who conquered everyone’s hearts – and caused the death of my most beloved cat Tommy (read the tragic story of Tommy here). The newcomer claims his place One November morning we were on the way home from our weekly Pilates lesson when Mark stopped and asked me:…