TIME magazine’s cover with Person of the Year and her cat. Photograph by Inez and Vinoodh. Friends, it was a good year for cats. TIME magazine’s person of the year was… well, not a cat, but a proud cat lover who insisted her adorable kitty share the cover with her! You gotta love Taylor Swift... The post This year’s most uplifting cat stories appeared first on Love of a Cat ..read more

What do you do when staring down an unexpected or expensive vet bill? Or when your cat is suddenly itching and scratching a lot (or similar) and no vets are available for days except the ultra-expensive, wait-forever emergency clinic? Here are some of the best ideas I've found. The post Affordable vet care: Creative strategies for cat lovers appeared first on Love of a Cat ..read more

Dear cat lover, If you’ve ever lost a soul cat, you will appreciate the depth of love and grief the poet Deva describes for her beloved Benji. You will recognize feeling how precious the time we have with them is. And if you’ve ever lost a cat suddenly and unexpectedly, you will feel understood and... The post Ode to a soul cat gone too soon appeared first on Love of a Cat ..read more

Plants beautify your house and clean the air, but cats make a house a home. Now we can have both! I took a deep dive into the ASPCA plant database to bring you these beautiful cat-friendly ambassadors from the plant kingdom. (After an earlier post on this topic, I decided we need more cat-safe houseplant... The post 5 fabulous cat-safe houseplants (with photos) appeared first on Love of a Cat ..read more

By Rhiannon Hutchinson Back in the 90’s, my soul mate kitty, Tabitha, was diagnosed at 10-years old with injection site sarcoma between her shoulder blades. It was caused by a rabies vaccine, and that kind of cancer is especially bad because it grows like an octopus: it puts out long tentacles in every direction, which... The post Sweet soul cat story: Tabitha the miracle cat appeared first on Love of a Cat ..read more

Something on my mind this month is… kittens! As in, adopted and adorable.  Once again, the advice to let the cat pick you proved right on! But required patience as we visited kitty cafes and shelters and followed up on Nextdoor ads. We were smitten—of course—with all the kittens, but we waited for ones who truly... The post Let the cat pick you + other updates for cat lovers appeared first on Love of a Cat ..read more

I’d like to introduce you to Lisa Knight and her beautiful 16.5 year old cat, Simba. They join the ranks of inspiring cancer healing stories here, where a cat beats the predictions that he only has weeks to live. When she sent me this story, she said: “Your post about Nate (recovering from high-grade lymphoma) was something ..read more

What greater gift than the love of a cat?—Charles Dickens There’s something about the love of a cat… which is to say, the love of a being that is not, frankly, all that domesticated. They don’t love you because it’s in their genes to love you.  It’s like earning the affection of a wild animal… One ..read more

This story was written by author Carl Japikse in his introduction to The Tao of Meow. It is reprinted with permission. As soon as I read this story of Carl’s cat Waldo, I wanted to share it with you. I am so thankful that Carl has allowed me to. Amusing and profound at the same ..read more

Guest story-tribute by Michael Arnold Tab was a green-eyed stalker of all small things that slipped into the woods of that cat. The surrounding forest silent as creatures would stay safe from the circles he prowled. Two young girls found the collared cat with a tag stamped Tab. If the White House can be named ..read more