Tag Archives: Mulberry

“When cats eat mice, do they eat the bones?”

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Remember when I said I had a backlog of Mulberry-related incidents to work through? This is what I meant. The Four-Year-Old: “Mommyo, would Mulberry eat mice?” Mommyo: “Yes.” The Four-Year-Old: “Why?” Mommyo: “Because she’s a cat. Cats eat mice.” The … Continue reading →

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In which The Four-Year-Old tells it like it is

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

The loss of a pet is tremendously sad. But even in the most heart-breaking moments, life with The Four-Year-Old forces you to make room for laughter. Scene: The animal clinic, moments after Mulberry’s death. Mommyo is cradling Mulberry on her … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Mulberry the Cat, January 1995 – March 2012

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

A Very Fine Cat Indeed. Mulberry’s Caterpickles Career (to date*): In which The Four-Year-Old invents a new feline punishment Kittens! Knitting! Dinosaurs! Oh My! In which my daughter channels Mary Poppins In sickness and in health In which The Four-Year-Old … Continue reading →

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In which The Four-Year-Old invents a new feline punishment

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

One of the few problems with having cats is that it makes doing yoga at home a hazardous occupation. Mulberry in particular takes fiendish delight in increasing the challenge with a well-timed and precisely targeted head bump. My balance in … Continue reading →

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Kittens! Knitting! Dinosaurs! Oh My!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

A post with infinite cross-gender appeal. Ah well. It can’t be helped. It’s that sort of Friday. First, the Kittens. Did you know that the NY Times has a science page dedicated to news about cats? No really. The Four-Year-Old … Continue reading →

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In sickness and in health

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

Daddyo, on finding me slumped in a fetal position on the couch, buried in cats: “Mommyo, do you want to go lie down? You look like you feel awful.” Mommyo, beset by a migraine and an uncommonly severe allergy attack: … Continue reading →

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In Which The Four-Year-Old Plans the Cat’s Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

After watching me work through one Thanksgiving prep list after another this week, The Four-Year-Old decided to write a Thanksgiving prep list of her own. Her list reads “Cat” (meaning cat tuna), “Cosequin” (the arthritis medicine we give our cats), … Continue reading →

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In which my daughter channels Mary Poppins

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

The Four-Year-Old: “Mommyo, can I give the cats their medicine? I can do it all by myself. I even know the song: ‘Just a spoonful of tuna makes the medicine go down, the medicine go down.’ “

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Book Review: The Cat’s Pajamas

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

The Cat’s Pajamas: 101 of the World’s Cutest Cats By Rachael Hale Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 2009 Age Range: All Ages From reading this blog you might think that my four-year-old daughter was simply obsessed with dinosaurs, but that is … Continue reading →

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