“Well! Amidst all these comforts, I had but one wish, but one dream, to slip out by the half-open window, and run away on to the tiles. Caresses appeared to me insipid, the softness of my bed disgusted me, I was so fat that I felt sick, and from morn till eve I experienced the […]
Mr. Cat, and The Black Velvet Bow
“If you ever meet Lillian Gish, and she is wearing a black velvet bow, ask her if Mr. Cat gave it to her.” Mr. Cat by George Freedley Mr. Cat came to live with George in 1943 as a four-month-old kitten from a New York City pet shop. This podcast cannot do justice to how […]
Ep-01 Cleveland Amory’s, The Letters
“If there was anything on Cat-Earth about which Polar Bear prided himself, it was how smart he was.” Cleveland Amory, The Cat and the Curmudgeon Welcome to the first episode of The Literary CatCast Podcast. After seeing Cleveland Amory with his white cat, named Polar Bear, on a national morning show in 1980, I rushed […]