Good evening...
What a week! More, actually...
What with reading a book for a review and nursing Daddy Kiril (With help from Sneakers!) thru what we thought was a very bad cold, but has something to do with asthma-like symptoms in reaction to possible allergies, what's a girl to do?
Well, I'm back with the new carnival, that's what!
If you missed my last edition, #573, it begins with a humorous, yet important, message about what I hope to accomplish here, that I encourage you to read.
For us Cat Bloggers the Carnival is a chance to discover blogs we might never have heard of, on subjects of all kinds!
It is an opportunity for us to reach an audience we might not otherwise reach.
It is a chance to promote a post or 2, each week, that we think will be of interest to others, and to pitch them using more than 140 characters or just a short sentence barely long enough to get a point across.
A few weeks ago I announced a major change to how the Carnival of the Cats is done and how you can participate; this post is the latest chapter in that journey...
So, let's get started!
1. As for Sneakers and me...it embarrasses and truly hurts me (Daddy is taking it even harder!) to say so but, for the first time in years...The Opinionated Pussycat had nothing to submit to the carnival...that's how tough things have been the past week or so.
I humbly apologize.
2. I DO want share something cat related, in a way, from Daddy Kiril's own blog and posted early last week:
As fans of both our blogs know Daddy Kiril recently returned to reading his and OUR poetry at Open Mic Nights after a couple of years away from doing so...
The humans behind the event finally have their own website up and running and guess whose major event review about his first visit and performance experience has been featured on their "Press Page"?
WAN Poetry Debuts New Website: Mad One Mentioned on Press Page!
That first post ends with a link to a report on his encore visit which featured photos of his encounter with the resident feline of the venue!
3 thru 5. To our dear friends at Jan's Funny Farm...we are sad to learn of your loss and its aftermath and we wish to send our most heartfelt condolences and lots of purrs and purrayers - Elvira & Sneakers
It's a sad, yet fascinating, tale, powerfully and movingly told by Mom Jan, with photos.
Farewell Cameron -- Surprising Update on Cameron -- You Will Be Okay
6. Over at StrangeRanger...A video of a pair of humans performing on stage and appearing to, at some point, yowl like street cats in heat, is shared before getting around to 3 cool photos of Maddie and her thoughts on her humans night out and their efforts at recovery.
7 thru 9. Over at Sparkle Cat...Summer Samba turned all of 1 year old! It was quite the party in the post and comments.
Bappy Hirthday girlfriend!!!!
What an awesome girl you have become!
Sparkle would be so very pleased .
What a great BD treat, too!10. Over at Life From a Cat's Perspective...It's a St. Catrick's Day celebration!
11. Over at Marian Allen's blog...Sweetie Pie ran away for the whole day!
These tales often have sad endings but, like with a certain cat we all dearly miss, this adventure ended happily.
In the glory days of his youth Nikita (photo from 2006!) once got left outside all day and had quite the story to share on the blog he & daddy had at the time.
He never was that curious again, hee, hee!
From Sept. 2002, their first year blogging: Daddy tells his side, then Nikita!
When Daddy's Away, a Cat Will Go Exploring
If it's All the Same to You I'd Rather be Inside!
12 and 13. Over at Create With Joy...a discussion of cats and bags, with videos to watch and make you so very, very, jealous! Plus Magellan and his human chose Janet Blue of The Cat On My Head as their Friend Of The Week awarding them the Inspiring Blogger Award (Read their reaction)
14 and 15. Over at CatSynth...Take a gander at Miles the Cat and a cat at work apparently repairing something.
16 and 17. Over at Brian's Home...Womancat Wednesday with Sascha and Gracie and everyone celebrates the birthday of the Mom Human as Dolly & Sascha catch some sun.
18 and 19. Over at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life...one of the first cats ever featured on their blog (back in January 2009) has come back to PAWS through no fault of her own.
A sad, yet uplifting, story as a familiar feline has a chance at finding a new forever home.
20. Over at Traveling Cats...A tavern Tuxie in Brussels, Belgium.
21. Over at 15 and Meowing...It's Selfie Sunday!
22 and 23. Over at Marks Mews..."Kitty Headbutt"or "Kitty Bumpercars" on St. Paddy's Day and Snow in March!
24. Over at Blog Paws...Cat Writer to Receive Award at Blog Paws Conference
News round-up from the Feline News Network (FNN):
NEEDED! Roving Correspondents for the Feline News Network:
Daddy is the original FNN Correspondent, with the T-shirt to prove it, from way back when Nikita thought to call him that as a way to help publicize this blog...
Photo Tip Friday: The Direction of Lighting
5. The Denver Post had a story, back in late December, about how a "Denver group helps homeless cats by building shelters for cold weather."
The 50 shelters were given to volunteers who care for feral cat colonies, doing the usual things such as leaving food and checking on general well-being.
The story is very interesting and the photos, in the slideshow, are fascinating and touching.
6 and 7. As poets and storytellers we, here, at The Opinionated Pussycat, found 2 stories on NPR of interest:
The first is about the poetry of a cat and dog lover and thoughts about whether "When It Comes To Furry Muses, Cats Are For Brevity And Dogs Are For Books." I imagine the many cat book writers, past, present and hopeful future might have something to say on this subject.
The many books in our collection give lie to the notice that books are the domain of Dogs more than cats. We hope to add our works to that list someday.
"What sets them apart is their strange belief that they are a special, beleaguered minority. What sets them apart is their refusal and/or inability to recognize that opposition to the burning of kittens is a unanimous, universally shared opinion."
Wow! That was such an awesome Carnival! So full of great things to read and see and check out. Thank you, dear friends! :)
Posted by: meowmeowmans | March 25, 2015 at 09:23 PM
Wow, this is a huge Carnival! So much going on! And thanks so much for the birthday wishes - I'm still amazed along with everyone else that I'm already one!
Posted by: Summer | March 25, 2015 at 09:31 PM
Woohoo! We just saw the update about being the 4100st comment on your awesome blog. That's a lot of comments -- and a lot of wonderful posts, too!
Posted by: meowmeowmans | March 25, 2015 at 10:39 PM
Thanks so much Elvira, Sneakers and Magellan for the mention!
I hope the photography tips help your humans do a wonderful job taking and sharing your awesome personalities!
Posted by: Mary Denman | March 25, 2015 at 11:38 PM
SO many wonderful kitty cat posts to visit! Concats to Daddy Kiril on recognition of his poetry reading. That's awesome! And thank you again, for spreading the Pet Parade and so many cats stories across the vast internet. Hoping for a mellower week for you.
Posted by: Rascal and Rocco | March 26, 2015 at 01:57 AM
Thank you so much for including us and your kind words over the loss of our Cameron.
It must be fun to read your poetry to a group.
Posted by: jansfunnyfarm | March 26, 2015 at 07:40 PM
You are welcome Jan, my friend.
It is fun, but there are really 2 ways of performing...
One, is the ordinary reliance on reading your work from a sheet of paper, a notebook, or book and still managing to get into a rhythm while doing so....
The other is what's known as "Spoken Word", a more emotional connection, in many ways, as the performer does so from memory, just as stand-up comics, singers and the like do.
Posted by: Kiril Kundurazieff | March 26, 2015 at 08:41 PM
That is a big carnival, thanks for including us :)
I will check out that press page with your Dad's poetry and I hope your Dad feels better soon.
Posted by: Ellen Pilch | March 26, 2015 at 08:43 PM
Thank you for mentioning the Tuesday's Tails Blog Hop! We really appreciate it!
Posted by: Dogs N Pawz | March 29, 2015 at 08:54 AM
Thank you for visiting my blog and offering your condolences about Tungsten's passing. I am going to miss her very much for a very long time.
Posted by: John Bellen | March 30, 2015 at 03:18 PM