the domestic zoo » cats http://thedomesticzoo.com Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:00:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 God made the cat http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/09/02/god-made-the-cat/ http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/09/02/god-made-the-cat/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:31:17 +0000 emily http://thedomesticzoo.com/?p=6855

In order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion.  – Fernand Mery

]]> http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/09/02/god-made-the-cat/feed/ 1 scully http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/08/04/scully-2/ http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/08/04/scully-2/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:59:28 +0000 emily http://thedomesticzoo.com/?p=6653 Continue reading →]]> One hot August morning, exactly seven years ago today, I heard a scrawny orange cat yowling in a Post Office parking lot.

Everyone else was ignoring this cat. I walked across that hot parking lot and reached down to scratch her head. She weaved herself in and around my legs, purring wildly, and before I really stopped to think about it I picked her up. She was both flea-ridden and hugely pregnant, and I did the only logical thing there was to do: I brought her home.

The rest is history.

Now I love Scully and her kittens equally (maybe less so when Stephanie is being a pain), but in the end Scully is my cat.

I love her funny little squashed up face and I love her underbite. I love her insane fluff and the way her fur is the softest I’ve ever felt. I love her slightly spaced-out stare and the way she drools when she’s happy. I love how much she loves chasing her tail and the joy she gets from just sitting in plastic bags.

Most of all I love the way she runs to me when I come home and the way she seeks out my lap when I’m not feeling well. We have a bond, she and I.

She chose me and I chose her.

Happy Homecoming, Scully.

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]]> http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/07/11/miko-5/feed/ 1 sleepytime http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/05/27/sleepytime/ http://thedomesticzoo.com/2011/05/27/sleepytime/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 16:37:41 +0000 emily http://thedomesticzoo.com/?p=6288 Continue reading →]]> The move from spring to summer is soft and subtle. We stop turning the heat on at night, and start leaving the windows open. Our view of our neighbors’ house, back through the trees, is now blocked by a wall of green. The breeze that pushes the scent of lilacs through our windows is heavy and warm. We stop wearing socks, and start wearing shorts. The cats no longer run enthusiastically from window to window, trying to breathe in all of the fresh spring air. Now they sprawl across the furniture, lounging languidly in the sleep of the deeply carefree.

I think, maybe, they have the right idea.

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