The second Sunday of September is National Pet Memorial Day and this year is especially poignant. For over 40 years, longer than most of us have been cat lovers, the International Association of Pet Cemeteries has designated a day to honor pets past and present. Usually, I take time to honor all the many pets in my life but this
From Shelter Cat to Spokescat: Adopt A Shelter Cat Month by Clyde Can we start by saying Hello Monday and why can’t it be Caturday every day? Have you ever had one of those weeks when everything goes wrong? We were without a computer for a couple days and Layla, who detests editing or writing anything beyond two words on
Merlin The Cat: Life After Death by his cat mom, Layla. We’re about to reach our sixth year of blogging at Cat Wisdom 101 with over 2000 posts. A popular category from the start has been Mondays With Merlin. Merlin died last May but being a larger than life character, he continued to blog from the great beyond. He handed
It’s your Mancat Monday host Clyde here with an old-fashioned romp from distant cat relatives to wild antique cat buttons. Vintage Cat Buttons Are The Cat’s Meow. Yes, pop culture kitties go way back to the weird, quirky and meowvelous. Long before Buzzfeed and viral cat videos, we had photos. Not Instagram photos but real ones like this one of
Success Secrets and Take Your Cat To The Vet Day. Hello, dearest ones, it’s your neighborhood wise cat, Merlin with thoughts on success and practical wisdom, like taking your cat to the vet. Why we need reminders and holidays, but we do. Check out the resources at CatVets. The American Association of Feline Practitioners. There’s an old Woody Allen joke about
Cat Guru Merlin Teaches Push Push Tarot. Dearest ones, it’s with a heavy heart at today’s Monday’s With Merlin to announce a cosmic kick in the pants. Just when we thought the tech gods were friendly they pulled a double whammy crashing our site and everything got restored except today’s mega 1000 word opus on spiritual teachers, life purpose plus my
Hello dear ones, are you sitting down? You may want to pause your digital stream for our juicy or Merlin the cat’s shocking news. You may gain a bit of wisdom too, for free. If you have pressing questions about your life and would like some answers, I’m doing free numerology or tarot readings for follower/subscribers (only) to celebrate in
So you want to know my secret to living the dream? You’ve come to the right place if you like the wit and wisdom of Merlin, yours truly, a world’s oldest cat. Mind you, not quite the oldest. That honor goes to a Mancat named Corduroy who is 26. I am a mere kitten by comparison as I inch
The winds of change blasted in this weekend bringing more snow and fog. But it is spring so how long can it last, right? Nothing stopped Odin in his quest to sop up life lessons. He is sharing two lessons appropriate for Monday. Do with them what you will. The other cats were going to participate but were shall we
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In honor of Merlin Week to celebrate his milestone birthday, we’re sharing a bit of today’s weekly photo quote newsletter here. Every Friday we post an exclusive Cat Wisdom content for subscribers only and not seen here. This week, Merlin is the star so we had to share. If you like it, don’t miss out. Check out the white box
It’s another Monday or as our friend Easy in France calls Moanday. Domino is writing off the week. We are frankly getting impatient with the weather roller coaster. It’s one day warmish, the next day blustery. Odin says we must find our inner balance in order to find harmony. He can’t sing very well so Paul McCartney and Stevie
What do cats know about happiness? Everything. My #1 teacher on the subject is Merlin who despite advanced age and kidney disease, sits in the lap of happiness. On the weekend I followed him happily doing his favorite thing exploring our property. Please note: He is always supervised and the property is large, safe and private. I captured a series
Welcome to Mondays with Merlin. This is me with my pal Domino in the background. We’re deep thinkers. You might call us mancat psychics. For eons people have believed that animals could predict earthquakes. In 373 B.C., historians recorded that days before an earthquake hit and leveled the Greek city of Helice, animals including rats, snakes and weasels ran for