Notes on living with cats

Small essays about the animals that run our houses.

Behaviour, home life, care, and the occasional argument about who owns the armchair. New post most weeks.

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Paws tucked, tail wrapped, eyes at half mast. The loaf is the most trusted posture in the house, and it has rules.

You bought the orthopaedic bed. The cat sat in the box it came in. There is actually a reason for this.

Ours has claimed the second shelf from the top. Not the top. The second. We have theories.

A cat sleeps up to sixteen hours a day. The afternoon slot, belly-up in a sunbeam, is the premium one.

That strange clicking noise your cat makes at birds is one of the oddest sounds in the animal kingdom.

They are not just cute. The pads on a cat's paws are sweat glands, shock absorbers, and scent markers all at once.