Beautiful white cat with one blue eye and one green eye in a beautiful garden.

An ink drawing of characters from Lovecraft's, THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE. The witch's 'familiar', and possibly her monstrous hybrid child too, of the story, is the rat-like creature, Brown Jenkin. Witch's familiars are traditionally cats, black cats particularly. H. P. Lovecraft, however, had an intense love and respect for felines. This life-long affection no doubt was rooted in his deep love of his own coal-black cat (who shall remain nameless here!) Lovecraft's cat disappeared sometime in his teens. He wrote of his deep connection to cats often. SOMETHING ABOUT CATS, was an essay he produced praising the species. Getting back to THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE, it is interesting that Brown Jenkin is rat-like rather than feline. As a demonic, bloodthirsty baby-killer, it might not be surprising that Lovecraft the fiction writer would choose to make the 'familiar' rat-like rather than cat-like. Rats of course are the natural enemies of cats and the generally uncouth aspect of Brown Jenkin and his fellow travelers is beneath the dignity of any CAT! (Exhibit 228)

CHAT THEY DISCOVERED A NEW COAT TYPE IN CATS

IT'S CALLED "SALMIAK" OR "SALTY LICORICE" AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS

I could think of no better way to share the news than this!

So when I was 17, my cat went missing and I'd given up hope of ever seeing him again.

Until on Monday, 27th of May, 2024, my friend sent me a FB post asking 'isn't that your mother?' about the person named on the microchip.

Here he is! 16 years old, and found safe, twelve whole years after he went missing!

Yesterday (Tuesday the 28th of May, 2024) I went to the rescue that had him, and I reclaimed my boy, renaming him Artie! (He'd originally been called 'Cat' because my mother and I couldn't decide on a name)

He's home safe with me now, currently inhabiting my bathroom and purring up a storm every time someone goes in there!

I'll be doing slow introductions between him and my current cat to give them the best possible chance of living in harmony!

Here's some pictures of Artie once we let him out of the carrier:

Happy Pride Month

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