Download or read book Memoirs of a Community Cat written by Rei Kimura and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a heartwarming story told by Abby, a veteran stray cat who insists "We are not strays, we are community cats Just as humans are citizens of their countries, we are citizens of the communities we live in "It brings to life the many stray cats who live in almost every community giving each cat featured in this book a face, a heart, feelings, thoughts and the same fears and happiness of the humans who can make their lives a blessing or a curse.Abby, the macho yellow male cat walks us through his very colorful adventures and experiences as he and his siblings and friends live each day to the fullest of their nine lives, never knowing whether they will be alive at the end of the day There is never a dull moment and some harrowing matching of wits with those who hate their very existence and believe that community cats should neither be seen nor heard The lead star of this witty community cat drama is Abby, strong, arrogant and adventurous, he is the boss and what he says goes Then there is Choc, his brother, good natured, sanguine and a perfect gentleman who is wise and calm beyond his cat years It has even been said that a woman would choose Abby for a lover and Choc for a solid dependable husband There is Calico, Abby's friend and "crush," pretty, precocious with a temper to match and her direct antithesis, Sister, a surly, snarling aging matriarch of the neighboring cluster of community cats whom Abby calls "the ugliest and meanest feline that ever existed." Each cat is a vibrant character of its own that you will mostly love as they share their lives with you. There is this rhetoric that every creature is created for a purpose so what on earth are community cats created for? Perhaps to bring out the compassion and better qualities in humans manifested here in the much loved "feeders" who feed and care for them, giving of their time and money to make the lives of these less fortunate creatures of God, tolerable The story ends with this haunting rhetoric, "life will go on till our lease on earth runs out. I think I still have many good years left and I absolutely refuse to think what old age and dying on the streets might be like. I have no thoughts about the future because living life to the fullest this week is more important than next week "

Download or read book Memoirs of a Community Cat written by Rei Kimura and published by Booksmango. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a heartwarming story told by Abby, a veteran stray cat who insists “We are not strays, we are community cats! Just as humans are citizens of their countries, we are citizens of the communities we live in!”It brings to life the many stray cats who live in almost every community giving each cat featured in this book a face, a heart, feelings, thoughts and the same fears and happiness of the humans who can make their lives a blessing or a curse.Abby, the macho yellow male cat walks us through his very colorful adventures and experiences as he and his siblings and friends live each day to the fullest of their nine lives, never knowing whether they will be alive at the end of the day! There is never a dull moment and some harrowing matching of wits with those who hate their very existence and believe that community cats should neither be seen nor heard!The lead star of this witty community cat drama is Abby, strong, arrogant and adventurous, he is the boss and what he says goes! Then there is Choc, his brother, good natured, sanguine and a perfect gentleman who is wise and calm beyond his cat years!It has even been said that a woman would choose Abby for a lover and Choc for a solid dependable husband! There is Calico, Abby’s friend and “crush,” pretty, precocious with a temper to match and her direct antithesis, Sister, a surly, snarling aging matriarch of the neighboring cluster of community cats whom Abby calls “the ugliest and meanest feline that ever existed.” Each cat is a vibrant character of its own that you will mostly love as they share their lives with you. There is this rhetoric that every creature is created for a purpose so what on earth are community cats created for? Perhaps to bring out the compassion and better qualities in humans manifested here in the much loved “feeders” who feed and care for them, giving of their time and money to make the lives of these less fortunate creatures of God, tolerable The story ends with this haunting rhetoric , 'life will go on till our lease on earth runs out. I think I still have many good years left and I absolutely refuse to think what old age and dying on the streets might be like. I have no thoughts about the future because living life to the fullest this week is more important than next week!'

Download or read book Call of the Cats written by Andrew Bloomfield and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When aspiring screenwriter Andrew Bloomfield moved into a bungalow in Southern California he soon discovered that he shared the property with a large colony of feral cats — untamed, uninterested in human touch, not purring pets in waiting. But after a midnight attack by predators that decimated yet another litter of kittens, Bloomfield decided to intervene. He began to name and nurse, feed and house, rescue and neuter. Drawing on his time living in Asia among spiritual teachers, he takes us on the contemplative, humorous, and poignant journey of saving these cats, only to find it was they who saved him by revealing a world of meaning beyond his unrealized Hollywood dreams.

Download or read book A Cat Named Darwin written by William Jordan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003-11-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes his detachment from animals before meeting a cat whose failing health and winning personality shifted his scientific perspectives and brought about his understanding of the evolutionary significance of kinship.

Download or read book Never Love a Feral Cat written by Alwyn Moss and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this time of technological complexity, real connections seem more difficult but more important than ever. In this memoir, author Alwyn Moss describes the unexpected relationships of her and her neighbors in a rural retirement settlement with a colony of feral cats. With the aid of committed volunteers and animal professionals, the residents vision of harmonious coexistence becomes an amazing reality. The fear of wildness, so common in humans, is one of many obstacles the residents have to confront. Day by day, Moss and her friends come to know the cats as bright individuals and to accept them as worthy creatures who deserve to be cared for. Timid at first, the ferals slowly grow tamer as barriers of mutual mistrust are bridged and the shadow of mass euthanasiathe fate of so many feral animals in sheltersfades. So why should we care about creatures we dont own or control? Whats in it for us? The human-animal relationship beyond pet ownership has much to offer. As the dark image of ferality is replaced with experience and understanding, these cat ladies learn courage and independence and come to experience more aliveness and joy. Read how Fluffy, Grumpy, Pet Pet, and others enrich Mosss life and the lives of her dear friends.

Download or read book The Memoir Project written by Marion Roach Smith and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary "practical resource for beginners" looking to write their own memoir—​now new and revised (Kirkus Reviews)! The greatest story you could write is one you've experienced yourself. Knowing where to start is the hardest part, but it just got a little easier with this essential guidebook for anyone wanting to write a memoir. Did you know that the #1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is write a book—about themselves? It's not that every person has lived such a unique or dramatic life, but we inherently understand that writing a memoir—whether it's a book, blog, or just a letter to a child—is the single greatest path to self-examination. Through the use of disarmingly frank, but wildly fun tactics that offer you simple and effective guidelines that work, you can stop treading water in writing exercises or hiding behind writer's block. Previously self-published under the title, Writing What You Know: Raelia, this book has found an enthusiastic audience that now writes with intent.

Download or read book To Catch a Cat written by Heather Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt, funny memoir about how a kitten rescue project changed one cynic’s life… Journalist Heather Green was finally putting down roots: in shiny, buzzing Manhattan. She loved her work and threw herself into sixty-hour weeks—once walking into a subway pole, getting a concussion, and still going to the office. Her new boyfriend Matt lived across the river in a New Jersey town that had none of the glamour of New York. She liked Matt—a lot—yet she wasn’t sure what to make of weekends in gritty, dilapidated Union City. But things changed the summer morning Heather discovered a beautiful stray cat and her three black-and-white kittens in Matt’s neighbor’s backyard. When she made eye contact with one of the kittens, she felt something she’d never felt before. She and Matt had to save the little animals. Because if they didn’t, who would? The crazy world of cat rescue soon drew Heather in. As she and Matt worked together to figure out how to trap, tame, and find homes for their foundlings, she began to question the life she had back in Manhattan. This is the story of how three furry beings taught one woman about love, community, and what truly matters in life.

Download or read book Blackcat the Autobiography of a Feral Cat written by Diana Maloney and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Blackcat" had survived in a heavily forested area of the Pacific Northwest for some years, according to local residents who had noticed him occasionally venturing out into a clearing to bask in some rare rays of sunshine. He would flee if anyone approached, and it was obvious that he had never known the touch of a human hand, or even been close enough to know human voices. Coyotes lay in wait for him, and as he grew older the time would come when he would not be able to move fast enough to escape, destined to become part of the food chain. Cat lovers everywhere likely know of feral cats in their neighborhood but sadly, most people don't know how to deal with the problem. And no, even a formerly homeless kitty does not have to be subjected to the inhumane practice of "declawing." With a little training, (using a plant misting bottle of water if they attempt to scratch furniture, etc.), together with a good scratching post such as the cardboard, "alpine" type, cats soon learn where to scratch and what places to avoid.This kitty autobiography was written partly to chronicle the life of a little homeless cat who was lucky enough to become a special member of a human family, but also to carry some important messages that need to reach pet lovers everywhere. According to HSUS, approximately four million cats and dogs are euthanized annually in the United States. About one every eight seconds. Spaying/Neutering is essential if every domestic animal is to have a home. Secondly, we should be adopting our pets from shelters rather than breeders to try to reduce overpopulation. Thirdly, there is a world-wide misconception about "feral" cats - they are not necessarily "wild", and as in the case of "Blackcat", these kitties are only a generation away from the lap kitty who has always known human contact. In many cases, with loving patience they can be "turned," only to become amazing pets. Where "Blackcat's" autobiography is donated to shelters, total costs of production will be borne by the author - in other cases, royalties will be donated to animal charities.

Download or read book Poets Square written by Courtney Gustafson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2025-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What could accidentally moving into a house with thirty feral cats teach you about going viral, surviving capitalism, and the importance of community? Kind of a lot, actually. When Courtney Gustafson moved into a rental house in the Poets Square neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, she didn’t know that the property came with thirty feral cats. Focused only on her own survival—in a new relationship, during a pandemic, with poor mental health and a job that didn’t pay enough—Courtney was reluctant to spend any of her own time or money caring for the wayward animals. But the cats—their pleading eyes, their ribs showing, the new kittens born in the driveway—didn’t give her a choice. She had no idea about the grief and hardship of animal rescue, the staggering size of the problem in neighborhoods across the country. And she couldn't have imagined how that struggle—towards an ethics of care, of individuals trying their best amidst spectacularly failing systems—would help pierce a personal darkness she'd wrestled for with much of her life. She also didn’t expect that the TikTok and Instagram accounts she created to share the quirky personalities of the wild, but lovable cats, like Mushroom Risotto, Bubbles, Goldie, and Sad Boy, would end up saving her home. Courtney writes toward a vision of community—from the dark alleys where she feeds feral cats, from inside the tragically neglected homes where she climbs over piles of trash and occasionally animals, from her own driveway with the cats she loves and must sometimes let go. Compelling and tender, Poets Square is as much about cats as it is about the urgency of care, community, and a little bit of dumb hope, in a world that can feel insurmountably broken.

Download or read book Stray Cat Memoirs written by Lisa Valentine and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-10 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is three short stories. Two are about life as a stray and one is about becoming one. All three stories feature real cats who are either still stray or once were.

Download or read book Cat Lo written by Virgil Erwin and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat Lo, a memoir of invincible youth Cat Lo is a story of young men who volunteer for Swift Boats in Vietnam and about war's indelible lesson for those who survive: life is too precious to waste. Thirty-six years after Vietnam, Virg Erwin sits with a disfigured marine convalescing from Iraq and asks, "Do you want to talk about it?" It is a question no one has ever asked Erwin. "It was hard to know who were civilians- who were bad guys," the marine says as he describes being caught in a violent ambush. For Erwin, the marine's story resurrects memories of sailors patrolling narrow rivers and canals, their naive sense of invincibility shattered by Viet Cong patiently waiting in bunkers with rockets. Cat Lois about conflict of compassion for the South Vietnamese who are caught in the middle of war without option of neutrality, and confusion by the question: Who is the enemy and who is not? Virgil Erwin enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1963, received his Bachelors Degree from Western State College in Colorado and commissioned an ensign in 1966 after graduating from the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He served his first two years of active duty aboard a destroyer, the USS Berry (DD 858). After his tour in Vietnam as skipper of Patrol Craft Fast 67, Erwin joined Dow Corning, but interrupted his career to sail to the South Pacific. With his wife Pam as first mate and their yearling Christopher as crew, they sailed for eighteen months, a tenthousand mile round trip. Erwin retired after thirty-six years of corporate life as Vice President of Sales at Entegris Corp. Erwin is a Board Member of the Swift Boat Sailors Association, the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument Fund and the Admiral Hoffmann Foundation, which provides financial aid to wounded men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Erwin was chairman of the 2007 Swift Boat Reunion held in San Diego, attended by 500 men and women including Congressman Bilbray, Four Star Admiral Gehman, Vice Admiral Rectanus and Rear Admiral Hoffmann. Erwin resides in San Diego with his wife Jacqueline and their two Siberian Huskies. Cruising World, Pacific Skipper and Latitude 38 published his stories of sailing to the South Pacific."

Download or read book Cat Talk with Oliver written by Oliver and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-17 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat Talk with Oliver is a light, humorous story of a rescued feral cat who had issues with his "mom" and she with him! "My name is Oliver. I am a rescued feral cat . I was actually a rescued feral kitten when I found a home (such a relief)! "Because I am a very literate cat (I thank Mom for that), I have written my autobiography so you can learn all about my "journey" (I like that word) and how I became so magnificent (and I definitely am). Okay, okay, you might think I am bragging but I'm not; I am merely confident! "When Mom found me on the side of a street in a small Oregon Coast town, I was barely two pounds and was mostly bald. I had pneumonia, an eye infection, campylobacter, a severe infestation of ear mites and intestinal parasites ... and a lot more things I don't remember. I was little but my eyes were open (albeit pink with infection) so I could see when my soon-to-be-mom got out of her car to inspect the bit of orange fluff (me) she saw at the side of the road. Though mostly bald, I did have that little bit of fluff so she saw me. I mustered my strength and looked her straight in the eye. I don't know how I knew at that age (instinctual, I guess) but humans like that. "Mom named me Oliver, after Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens, ya know - see, I am very literate!) who started out rough but came out okay. This book is to tell you about my life ... since I am such a charismatic, impressive dude! Well, I am! "Mom and I had "issues" (her word) for a long time. She didn't understand that I didn't have a momma cat to teach me things about behavior, like biting. Frankly, I don't think she was taught some things either. She certainly wasn't intelligent herself when it came to things like raising her voice at me (yelling, ya know!). Hey! I'm not taking all the blame here! But, while things were difficult at times for both of us, they are good now. Really good. So, I hope you enjoy my story (I do!)." Oliver

Download or read book Call of the Cats written by Andrew Bloomfield and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When aspiring screenwriter Andrew Bloomfield moved into a bungalow in Southern California he soon discovered that he shared the property with a large colony of feral cats — untamed, uninterested in human touch, not purring pets in waiting. But after a midnight attack by predators that decimated yet another litter of kittens, Bloomfield decided to intervene. He began to name and nurse, feed and house, rescue and neuter. Drawing on his time living in Asia among spiritual teachers, he takes us on the contemplative, humorous, and poignant journey of saving these cats, only to find it was they who saved him by revealing a world of meaning beyond his unrealized Hollywood dreams.

Download or read book Sleeping with Cats written by Marge Piercy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marge Piercy, a writer who is highly praised as both a poet and a novelist, turns her gaze inward as she shares her thoughts on life and explores her development as a woman and writer. She pays tribute to the one loving constant that has offered her comfort and meaning even as the faces and events in her life have changed -- her beloved cats. With searing honesty, Piercy tells of her strained childhood growing up in a religiously split, working-class family in Detroit. She examines her myriad friendships and relationships, including two painful early marriages, and reveals their effects on her creativity and career. More than a reminiscence of things past, however, Sleeping With Cats is also a celebration of the present and the future, as Piercy shares her views on aging, creativity, and finding a lasting and improbable love with a man fourteen years younger than herself. A chronicle of the turbulent and exciting journey of one artist's life, Sleeping With Cats is a deeply intimate, unforgettable story.

Download or read book Zero Dark Thirty written by Misty Bridges-Vaverka and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a small, black American cat who started a revolution!Once, there was a small, black cat who was born with a misaligned jaw. This caused his tongue to stick out and made him drool more than your average cat. Because of this, he found himself dumped in the 'boonies' on the outskirts of a small town in Oklahoma.Fortunately for him, the area in which he was dumped was patrolled by a feral cat, Edward Enigma, who knew where good food and good homes could be found. He introduced this lonely, frightened little cat to Misty and her family and, before long, the legend that was Zero Dark Thirty began! Before long, he found himself welcomed into a large furry family, and found a new role for himself. Zero and his new Mom posted regularly on the Cat House on the Kings Facebook page and made friends all over the world, as his posts caused people to giggle and laugh, and these posts have come together to create much of the material for this book.Our aim, as authors, is to continue Zero's revolution by making people more aware of the plight of many animals out there - those who are dumped or rejected for whatever reason; to show that there is no good reason for anyone to just dump an animal and that there is always an alternative; to show the importance of T.N.R. (trap, neuter and release) for feral animals; and to show that every animal has something to give to a human family.

Download or read book Strays written by Britt Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of A Street Cat Named Bob and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, “this lovely, luminous story will warm your heart and make you laugh and want to share your life with a rescue cat” (Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats). Alcoholic and depressed, Michael King lives on the streets of Portland, Oregon, and sleeps in a UPS loading bay. One raining night, he stumbles upon a hurt, starving, scruffy cat cowering beneath a café table and takes her in. He names her Tabor, nurses her back to health, and she becomes something of a celebrity in Southeast Portland. When winter comes, they travel from Oregon to the beaches of California to the high plains of Montana, surviving blizzards, bears, angry steers, and rainstorms. Along the way, people are drawn to the spirited, beautiful cat and are moved to help Michael, who cuts a striking figure with Tabor riding high on his backpack or walking on a leash. Tabor comforts Michael when he’s down, giving him someone to love and care for, and inspiring him to get sober and to come to terms with his past family traumas and grief over the death of his life partner. As they make their way along the West Coast, the pair become inseparable, healing the scars of each other’s troubled pasts. When Michael takes Tabor to a veterinarian in Montana, he discovers that Tabor has an identification chip and an owner in Portland who has never given up hope of finding his beloved cat. Michael is faced with the difficult choice of keeping Tabor or returning her to her rightful owner—and, once again, facing the streets alone.

Download or read book The Cats Locked Me in the Well House Anecdotes and Memories from a Lifetime with Cats written by Deborah P. Hall and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2021-09-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cats Locked Me in the Well House is a delightful frisk through memories involving cats. Readers will learn how I escaped from the well house and will learn the three Feline Household Commandments (housecats only get three, not ten). Many other questions will be answered. What happens when a cat and a human hunter both claim rights to the same prey? Why did everyone at church one morning think I had a new truck? What really was on top of the grain container in the dark instead of Chiaroscuro? What are the rules of Barn Cat Slalom? Readers will learn about an abused cat who found safety and shelter off the city streets, a cat with a truly Shakespearean personality, a cat who is a scientist, a cat who climbs trees on command, and the ultimate cat. They will meet Cat Lady, the home aide client who had sixteen cats and then died, leaving me her pride. Full of humor with some gentle faith points scattered along the way, this book is a purrfect treat for any lover of cats. Ten percent of my earnings from this book will be donated to Eden Animal Haven in Brighton, Missouri. Deborah P. Hall lives in Missouri on her project farm, surrounded by animals, books, and music. She graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a degree in English. She is heavily involved in the music program at her church and in a community chorale and volunteers at the library. She has published poems and articles, and this is her third full-length book.