We’re always deriding her, but how would you feel if not only your income but your house AND its furnishings were entailed? And, as we know, Mrs. B. “would be ashamed of having [an estate] that was only entailed on me.” … Read on
I have no idea why or how I came up with idea of Pride and Prejudice and Kitties – a thoroughly ridiculous idea at best! But then, Jane herself has an appreciation of the ridiculous. And I like having fantasies about my cat’s pursuits and preoccupations. Isn’t that what cat-lovers do, have fantasies about their cats? Dog-lovers don’t have fantasies because dogs act out everything and leave no room for the imagined. When our book came out, my coauthor, Debbie and I, were roundly accused of copying Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.. But the (unhappy) truth was we’d had been working on our concept and honing our query for over six years. Not to mention that it took almost eighty agents before we found one who sold the book. Originally the publisher asked for 100,000 words to go with the photos – almost as many words as in Pride and Prejudice itself! We got them down to 30,000 but even now … Read on
http://icanhas.cheezburger.com – Grandparent of silly cat photo sites, it now includes videos, gifs and lots of animals that are not cats. Also ads. http://meowcheese.com – Much like icanhascheezburger only with not quite as many photos – silly cat photos with LOLs. Also like the cheezburger site, it has branched out and shows other animals as well. Several episodes of Henri the Existential Cat, who speaks French and is ever so tired of life, can be found online. See, e.g., Henri the Existential Cat is back with a holiday message http://www.simonscat.com – We see Simon and his cat in funny minimalist cartoon animations. The site also has silly cat photos, contests, etc. http://kittenwar.com – The home page presents two photos of kittens, click on your favorite, see how many others agree with you, then consider the next pair. Kittens can’t lose. http://www.squidoo.com/sillycats – Videos of silly cats, including an excellent Maru compilation. http://stuffonmycat.com – Just like it says, but the photos … Read on
Note: This post was originally published in a slightly altered form at womensmemoirs.com. My late kitty, Mittens, didn’t have much personality. As my friend and co-author, Debbie, once observed, “he’s one notch above a stuffed animal.” I argued for two notches, but she had a point. Poor guy. It wasn’t his fault that he was born with no street-smarts or even house-smarts, and slept 23-3/4 hours a day. He was also terribly timid and ran away meowing if he even saw an ant. The most dangerous thing he ever attacked was a Starbucks straw. So imagine my shock and amazement when Mittens caught and killed a mouse in our living room, just a few weeks before he died. It goes to show, you never know what someone is capable of. Furthermore, “what someone is capable of” is not fixed or finite; it changes and shifts as we evolve. I’ve seen this truth play out (to one mouse’s misfortune) in many … Read on
I brought this hat back from Venice when we were living in Florence a few years ago. I know – it’s more of a Henry James than a Jane Austen thing. Mittens has that world-weary look of the perpetual traveler. Maybe it’s Mr. Wickham on one of his post-marital sojourns while Lydia visits Pemberley. Jane Austen mentions London and Bath but he could have taken a quick jaunt to Venice. He definitely looks like he may have had too much of a good thing. Poor Mittens; he was not a terribly excitable kitty. His main response to our taking him to live with us in Florence was to yawn. … Read on
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