Cats act like . . .

Cats act
like
A snake on the prowl

 like
A tiger growl

like
a beggar with out streched hand

like
a seagull scratching the sand

like
sandpaper kiss

like
you will always miss

When they leave and don't look back.


Rachael Alice Orbach     Enjoy this video with original music and pictures

The Sayings of our Cat Mothers

We all know about the Sayings of the Fathers,  and how they tell us how to lead a good and prosperous life.

But what about the Mothers?  What about Cat Mothers?
Well, we are going to fix this gap in your education.

The Sayings of Our Cat Mothers

A cat in a bag is a bad thing.

The life you have now is better than the other 8 you might never get.

Purring is overrated.

A warm perch with the wind in my whiskers is.  It just is.

Catnip is for youngsters.  Don't bother me with that smell.  I'd rather sleep.

A comfy pillow in  a warm patch of sunlight is all I need on a cold winter's day.

Why don't I get to go out to catch birds?  Oh, I might catch one and then what do I do with it.  Hey Human, do you want this dead bird?

Veterinarians, where is one when you need one?

Who clipped my claws?  No matter I'll sharpen them up again.

One mouse in my paws is worth two that got away.

Don't count your lizards before you catch them!

Be happy you caught the lizard's tail, it tastes better and then you can catch the same lizard again!

What is the best way to relate to a German Shepard?  From a long way away!

When in doubt if fur is clean, wash everywhere!

Fur balls are no fun.

Where have all the birdies Gone - Cat Pesach Song

We Jewish cats have Passover too, you know.  There were lots of  Egyptian cats who didn't like the idea of being killed and embalmed when their masters passed away.  So when the news was about that there was going to be a Exodus of the Jews, so many of us cats went along.   We also followed the rats and mice who left Egypt at the same time.

We were very happy to leave Egypt, no self respecting cat wants to wear a wide gold collar!

So, here is a Cat Passover song that we yowl as we eat the remains of the Jewish seder;

Kitten playing cards
by Rainshadow4U

Sung to the tune of Peter, Paul and Mary's song Where Have all the Flowers Gone
G                              Em
Where have all the birdies gone?
C                     D
Long time passing
G                              Em
Where have all the birdies gone?
G                              Em
Long time ago,
G                              Em
Where have all the birdies gone?
C                            D
Flown south every one,
C                                 G
When will they ever learn?
C                  D            G
When will they ever learn?



Where have all the winged ones gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the winged ones gone?
Long time ago,
Where have all the winged ones gone?
Us cats have chased them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the cats gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the cats gone?
Long time ago,
Where have all the cats gone?
Chased by dogs every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the dogs gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the dogs gone?
Long time ago,
Where have all the dogs gone?
Hit by sticks every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the sticks gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the sticks gone?
Long time ago,
Where have all the sticks gone?
Burned by fire every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where has all the fire gone?
Long time passing
Where has all the fire gone?
Long time ago,
Where has all the fire gone?
Quenched by water every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where has all the water gone?
Long time passing
Where has all the water gone?
Long time ago,
Where has all the water gone?
Drunk by cats every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Reiki and Us Cats - Catki

After living with you Humans for so long, we Cats have also picked up a few spiritual practices.
One of them is Reiki.  Yes, cats have Reiki, but we call it Catki.  It is a practice that all cats do before we go to sleep.

When we find a nice comfortable place to sleep, you know it could be anywhere. I prefer a place that is soft and cushy.  I give myself a once-over and make sure that I am clean.  This is a very important point.
. .
And then lay my head down, and close my eyes.  I relax my body, even to the tip of my tail and then the Catki begins.  I  start imaging with different colors of light, starting from purple and going through each color of the rainbow until I get to the Infrared and then stop.  I call on the Only One Supreme Power of G-d  to heal me.  This is a good practice even for you Humans!

No one knows when Catki started, but all of us cats do it every time we take our naps.  You Humans wouldn't be able to guess that cats do this, but we do. That is why we don't get sick as often as you Humans do.

That is why we have to find places to sleep where we won't be bothered.   In this picture, you can see that I'm trying to get comfortable,

I hope that I won't get in trouble for revealing this cat secret.  I can take care of myself though I keep my claws very sharp!

Ramona Spotted Tabby
  

My favorite pastime, Birdwatching

Since the family closed the porch, this is the closest that I can get to going outside.  I probably should tell you WHY I can't go out.  it was because of what happened the last time I went out.  Do you really want to know?  It is a sad story. (boo Hoo)  Well at least it is for me, Considering how it turned out!



Well it was a rainy day off and on, about a year ago.  Cold like this, say 5 degrees Celsius, but the sun was out.  As soon as the back door opened, I raced out like I always do when the back door opens. 

The father, well, he let me out you see, and I know how to climb  up the wooden pergola very well, it is like walking on the sky! ⭐ 

The day started out nice, but a bit cold, but no matter because I have a nice fur coat.  I had fun playing on the roof, chasing pigeons and generally having a good time, I took a nap in a sunny place. 

Then, the clouds started to rush in and I was on the other side of the building. I took cover from the sudden rain. 

Well it rained for two days. 
I was cold and scared. 

But then I got hungry.  I forgot the way out and I heard a funny sound like a moving room crreeek  creeek 

I found a dry place, and I drank some water from a pond that I found, but I was still hungry. 

but scared. 

I stayed where I was for two days, and then I was REALLY hungry so I started meowing. and MEOWING  and singing and Meowing. 

Finally my family came, they climbed up the elevator service shaft by the ladder and tried to get me to go down. They then brought some FOOD!! YUM 

They tried to catch me, but I was too fast, and to tell you the truth, a bit ok, a lot dirty.  They did this for 3 days, I lost a lot of weight you know, 

Then, the weather cleared up, and I came home.  

So that's why they built this extra room you see me in and why I can't go out anymore.  The neighbors were going to call the municipality, to get me out if I didn't come, I made so much noise. 

So now, the closest I can get to the birds is to watch them out the window.  Meow :(

The Angry Cat - A short short story

    The Angry Cat

By Rachael Orbach


Avishai Cohen was one angry cat.  Everything that happened made him
angry.  The way he woke up in the morning groggy and full of sleep
filled him with anger.  Hiss!!  Hiss!!  I have to sharpen my claws!!

"Why can't I wake up like everybody else?"  he
would say to himself.  After a cold shower (he tortured himself that way, taking showers)  he felt a little better,
that was until he heard the morning news. 

 " More Grad missiles fall on
Sederot" the headline blared out.

 " Why do they have to have a war in
the middle of my work week?" he demanded.

The children didn't want to eat breakfast,  "Eat your breakfast kittens!"
Avishai yelled.

        " Don't yell in the morning," his wife, Fritzi Cohen reminded.
    
    But Avishai could not listen, and continued being angry.  He left to
go to shul, slamming the door. (This is a Jewish cat family) 

        It was a relief not having him in the apartment for an hour, now
things could get done without all that noise.

      Fritzi needed the car to take a kitten to the veterinarian, so she drove
Avishai to work. His job was in another part of town, he worked as  the post-cat, and was fed up at being barked at by all the dogs in that neighborhood.   Maybe it was because he was the only cat brave enough to do the job, but it bothered him to be barked at all the time. 
      
  "Move in to the right lane." Avishai directed.
    
    "No, I need to be in this lane because at the next street, I have to
make a left," his wife countered.
       
 "Hey, beep that car, he is going to come into your lane!" Avishai pushed.
      
   "No, I can't beep, I'm going around him and I need my hands on the
steering wheel to drive."
       
  "But he was in your way! Why didn't you beep him?"
    
    "It is not up to me to tell him how to drive.  If he is not careful,
he is going to have an accident, but I go around traffic hazards very
carefully." his wife said.
       
 "Where are you going?" Avishai asked.
        
"I'm taking you to your work, aren't I" his wife said
      

  "But I wanted to go the other way!" said Avishai,
       
 "You asked me to drive, so you don't bother the driver, I had a plan that would take us to your job with the least amount of traffic, and the safest way, without dangerous, busy intersections, so I don't have to make left turns without traffic lights. When you ask someone to drive, you are a passenger, not the driver and you let the driver make the driving decisions.  If the driver gets distracted, mistakes can happen, which can cause accidents." His wife said calmly.
     
   "Hey! You went through a red light!" yelled Avishai
   
     "Proves my point, you distracted the driver and I made a mistake.  If you continue to badger me while I am driving, I won't not only drive you but also not get in the car with you at all." Fritzi said.

 With that she parked the car, got out and walked the long way home, swishing her tail to and fro very fast.  This was to help calm herself down.  She also found some nice trees to sharpen her claws more than once. 

 She  would use a taxi to take the child to the doctor.  It just wasn't worth the emotional trouble to drive her husband to work.

Buying a Used flute and a happy cat, Pearl N-96

I am here lying down getting some zzz's and Mom comes in my domain with a new flute.  She plays, then pets me and then plays again.     I like flute music,  It's ok,   The sound I mean, not so much the petting and picking up and putting me on my back  I hiss all the time, and if I get to three hisses then I start to scratch and bite.  I squiggle away!   

Now, my owner the Flute teacher is going to talk to you: 

Here is the flute, Pearl N96, Nickel silver, it looks nice and it is very light weight. It's great for people who have had trouble with trigger finger, it won't put a lot of pressure on the thumbs.  A nice addition is the black tenon covers.  The big one for the headjoint, and the small one for the body.  It helps to keep the flute in the case and not moving around.  The case is smaller and lighter weight too!   Not so expensive and so I feel it is a good value for the money!  If you want to rent it, I'll think about it.


Rachael Alice Orbach
rachael5760@yahoo.com for lessons and instrument rentals

Ramona goes outside, but not to stay.

 There was this day when I was about 5 or 6 months old, I don't remember, exactly, well I got the name Ramona, because I always like to get into trouble. but this time I didn't, you see.  I was getting to be a full grown cat, well you know, the cat time of year came around. . . I wanted to see a boy cat!

 I meowed and meowed, I sang, I went on my back, and I made so much noise that the family decided to put me out.  

 I was very scared.  I hadn't been really out since I came in, and the first thing I did was to find a tree and climb it.  I got so far up that I couldn't get down.   These pictures were taken when I was in the tree.   The family, well they thought that I would never come down and so they went and got me and took me home.  The father and the big brother did get some scratches in the bargain.

But in the end I came home, and that was that.  They love me.  I know.



Ramona.  - I made Rachael Alice type this, it is amazing that she can understand cat language, but she is not so good at speaking it, I must admit.  

Ramona becomes a housecat!

Romona was a lonely little kitten about a year an a half ago.  These are her baby pictures.  She was really skinny, no? She has since grown into her tail.

When she was chased away by her mother and she stayed a few days around her former nest, but then she  got hungry.  Very hungry.  Then she found some people who put out some milk.  She went to Kehati Street and although the milk didn't agree with her , she still liked it. It tasted different than Mom's milk.
One day, there was a woman who came and picked her up and hugged me.   She did this for a few days, and the kitten stayed around to get the milk and hugs.

Then one day there were some children who didn't like cats. They got a box and the kitten thought it was a game to go into the box and then get out, get in, get out.  It was a fun cat game.  But then they got some tape and tried to keep the kitten in the box. They wanted to put the kitten in the garbage taped up inside the box.  But,  tt didn't work, because even though she was a small kitten, she had sharp claws!  And she knew how to use them!

But the mother saw how the kids were treating the kitten, and though it was very skinny and scraggly, it was a cute kitten as you can see from the photos.  It was Friday afternoon, and well the mother couldn't resist and she took the kitten home.  They didn't have anything for cats. no cat food, no litter box, but they had lots of love, The other stuff came later!  

Chapter 27 At the Chocolate mansion Pufftail the Detective Cat

We are at the backstage of the Chocolate Mansion.  The Humans are making lots of noise, watching the Play of Romeo and Juliet. in the meantime, the Tabio and Chocolate Point play is still in intermission.  Enter Catnip Pufftail and his two assistants, Soft Paws and Chocolate Help.

Catnip Pufftail,: Allow me to introduce myself. I am Catnip Pufftail, and I am here to solve the myster of the missing pages of your script.  By the way, Why didn't you memorize it?

Tabio: Well, sir, I just found this script a week ago and we didn't have time to do much rehersal, so we are doing it as a dramatic reading.  So, we  only finished the balcony scene, and then the rest of the pages dissapeared.

Daigo: That's not what you told us!

Trashio. I think that they went in the trash.

Daigo: You always say that!

Tabio: Hey, there boycats.  Don't get your fur up!

Catnip Pufftail: So, there is a difference of opinion of exactly where the missiing pages were last seen.

Tabio: Think that I brought the whole manuscript here to go over a bit before the play was supposed to start.

Catnip Pufftail: So, we will start looking around your dressing rooms.

Daigo: We don't have a dressing room, we just put on our costumes right here!

Catnip Pufftail takes out a magnifying glass and starts to examine the whole area.

Trashio: How long is this going to take? We can continue the play.  and make it up as we go along!

Daigo: As if you even read it before?

Trashio: Sure, I did.  Tabio and Chocolate Point go get married secretly, then there is a fight.

Catnip Pufftail: Stop bickering, I need absolute quiet to do my examination. Soft Paws, hand me the footprint powder!

Soft Paws: Sure boss, here it is

Catnip Pufftail:  That's talcum powder!

Soft Paws: I'm sorry boss, but the Super Secret Detective Store was all out and they gave me that instead.  It was cheaper so I thought that you wouldn't mind.

Catnip Pufftail: Oh never mind.  Hand me the camera.

Soft Paws:  Well, don't you remember that you had to pawn the camera.  We have to use Chocolate Help's phone now.

Catnip Pufftail: Well, yes. Ok, so come here with the phone and take a picture of this:

Chocolate Help: I'll take the picture, its MY phone.

Soft Paws: Yes!  It is the distictive paw print of Catastrophe, the Cat Burglar!

Catnip Pufftail:  Yes, see the identical scar on the left front foot and the back left foot?  Did you see any other cats here backstage?

Trashio: Well there was a servant cat who took out the trash. . .

Soft Paws: 

Chapter 26 Catnip Pufftail - Fearless Detective Cat.

Scene: Detective Agency of Catnip Pufftail.

Chocolate Help:  Mr. Pufftail, there's a call coming in!

Catnip Pufftail: A call?  The first one this week!

Softpaws: Boss it's Monday night, of course it would be the first one of the week, we just opened!

Chocolate Help:  Mr. Pufftail, it is from my house! The Chocolate family always has a party when one of the latest litter comes of age! It is my younger sister's coming of age party, Chocolate Point!

Catnip Pufftail: Ok, we got the place, what is the crime?

Chocolate Help: Let me listen.  Yes, Yes, no, yes, OK! Got it.

Catnip Pufftail: Is there a case?

Chocolate Help:  Yes.  Tabio, he's the great great great great great great

Catnip Pufftail :  Stop with the greats!

Chocolate Help"  Ok, the umteenth great

Catnip Pufftail: (puffing his tail) grrrr

Chocolate Help: (gulp) grandson of the playwright Tabsphere,

Catnip Pufftail:  Yesssssss \

Chocolate Help: Yes, he is putting on the cat entainment for Chocolate Point's coming of age party and

Catnip Pufftail:  And what?

Chocolate Help: The play can't go on until they find the missing pages!

Soft Paws: Boss, this sounds like the work of Catastrophe, the Cat burglar! \He sneaks in while the cats are sleeping and takes scripts!

Catnip Pufftall: Yes, Softy, you may be right. We have to check out the scene of the crime!

Chocolate Help:  That's easy, I call back and tell them that we are on the way!

Catnip Pufftail: On the double!


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