The Cat’s Meow

Benny in repose — which is what he does when he’s not yowling.
Whoever came up with the phrase “the cat’s meow” couldn’t have been thinking about Benny J. Catenheimer XXIII, who has the loudest yowl of any domesticated cat I’ve ever heard.
The funny thing is that it’s like he’s talking. He wakes up early [...]

Proof We All Can Get Along

Here’s proof that we all can get along. We have inter-species detente at our house.
That’s Snickers the Wonder Dog and Benny J. Goodcat XXIII snuggling on the couch. They love each other, although Snickers sometimes comes off like the gangly teenager around a little kid. Look at the middle of the triptych — Benny’s about [...]

Benjamin J. Kitty-Kitty Bang-Bang Stormy Blue Boy XXIII

T.S. Eliot wrote in The Naming of Cats
The naming of cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three
different names.
That’s our new cat, Benny, a Tonkinese. He has lots of names. It was difficult to [...]