Then he sat on his bed and laughed in a silly drunken fashion while the kitten lapped and lapped at the milk as if it would never leave off. And, in the eyes of the kitten, the dirty drunken man with his silly drunken chuckle was a messenger of infinite mercy. From A Kitten In [Open This Episode]
The Cat Who Came for Christmas
“I got for the first time a good look at the cat’s eyes peering at us. They were the first beautiful thing I ever noticed about him. They were a soft and lovely and radiant green.” That’s a quote from The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory This episode is taken from, one [Open This Episode]
The Fat Cat by Q. Patrick
“The thought of the cat’s stare haunted him, and he was prey to all the heartache of parting; in leaving the cat, he had left behind wife, mother, and child.” The Fat Cat by the collaborative group known as Q. Patrick That’s a quote from The Fat Cat written in 1959 under the pen name, [Open This Episode]
The Boy Who Drew Cats
“Whenever he found himself alone he drew cats. He drew them on the margins of the Priest’s books, and on all the screens of the temple, and the walls, and the pillars. Several times the Priest told him this was not right, but the boy did not stop drawing cats, he drew them because he [Open This Episode]
The First Ship’s Cat
There were many reasons to have cats on ships. Rodents were one reason, but did you know cats were believed to have magical powers able to protect a ship at sea. Legend and myth are filled with stories about ship cats, and every ship had a few. It is believed that during the 15th-18th centuries [Open This Episode]
Cat and Mouse’s Christmas Poem
“Cat gifted Mouse scraps of yarn from his ball. Mouse gifted Cat a felted acorn he found last Fall.” Cat and Mouse’s Christmas Poem by Phebe Phillips This poem was written in 2018 by Phebe Phillips. It is an annual reading on this podcast. In this episode Phebe Phillips reads her delightful poem, Cat and [Open This Episode]