04.23.07

Recommended Cat Book

Posted in Just For Fun at 3:49 pm by pawpathblog

Cat Women: Female Writers On Their Feline Friends edited by Megan McMorris

There is a great new book out filled with essays by women about cats! Here is a excerpt of one of the essays:

Planet Catnip: My Life With An Alien Cat by Leah A. Zeldes

For years, I’ve suspected that my cat, Max, is an alien. I don’t know what planet he beamed down from, but he’s definitely Out There.

For one thing, he likes to follow us around the house, watching intently, as if he’s taking mental notes on all our doings to report to someone later. I work at home, so his favorite observation spot during the day is my desk. When he’s not staring unnervingly at my computer screen while I type, he’s sitting on my papers - he has a sixth sense of just which one I need at any time, and that suddenly becomes his favorite resting spot.

But anyone could argue that those are “normal” cat traits. The biggest hint I have that Max is not from this world is his abnormal reaction to catnip. Most cats, when exposed to this herb, become excited, euphorically sniffing, rolling around, shaking their heads, and rubbing against things. Even lions and tigers have this catnip response. Not Max.

Read the rest of this essay and many more in Cat Women: female writers on their feline friends available on amazon.com >>

Copyright 2007 edited by Megan McMorris from Cat Women: Female Writers on Their Feline Friends. Reprinted by permission of Seal Press, an Imprint of Avalon Publishing Group, Inc., distributed by Publishers Group West. All rights reserved.

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