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Last Updated 06.05.09 by pedrolobo | Total Entries [26] | Total Comments [102]

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  • The Literary Cat

    With temperatures routinely in the triple digits, it’s a good time to stay indoors and do a little summer reading… What’s on Sebastian’s summer reading list? Look very carefully and you’ll notice several classics, such as The Thames and Hudson Encyclopedia...
    Last Updated Fri, Jun 05 2009 7:19 PM posted by pedrolobo

  • The Assistant

    Every animal trainer needs an assistant. Marlin Perkins had the faithful (if sometimes imprudent) Jim Fowler to do much of the dirty work. I have Sebastian. None of us is sure what his role is, exactly, but he’s not lacking in ambition. Here he is on...
    Last Updated Tue, Apr 07 2009 1:25 PM posted by pedrolobo

  • The Assistant

    Every animal trainer needs an assistant. Marlin Perkins had the faithful (if sometimes imprudent) Jim Fowler to do much of the dirty work. I have Sebastian. None of us is sure what his role is, exactly, but he’s not lacking in ambition. Here he is on...
    Last Updated Tue, Apr 07 2009 1:24 PM posted by pedrolobo

  • Designer Cat

    Who would have guessed, not a year after he was first spotted outside his Yurt (covered in red Utah dirt, mind you), Sebastian would become a celebrity? And yet... Check out slide number 33 of the slideshow included with this recent Design Observer posting...
    Last Updated Sun, Mar 29 2009 3:04 PM posted by pedrolobo

  • Pahrumpsters

    Although they’ve yet to achieve BFF status, Sebastian and fellow Pahrumpster Ginseng are becoming more comfortable with each other. For Sebastian, that means tolerating Ginseng’s relentless, unapologetic displays of affection (subtle she ain’t), and only...
    Last Updated Thu, Mar 19 2009 12:59 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Here Comes the Sun

    Though it’s not even March, it’s springtime in Arizona. The temperatures are already in the 80s and slivers of the morning sun have returned to corners of the bedroom and office. The cats, naturally, pick up on this immediately, jockeying for position...
    Last Updated Tue, Feb 24 2009 11:58 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • To a Healthy New Year

    Friday was Sebastian’s first visit to the vet and he was a trooper. I wasn’t sure how this was going to go — though charming and sweet, Sebastian can also be quite headstrong. He cried his pitiable little cries the whole trip (which is, thankfully, brief...
    Last Updated Mon, Jan 05 2009 12:17 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Winter Weather Pile-up

    There’s nothing like a cold snap to bring people together. In Michigan, where I grew up, this meant shoveling the walks of elderly neighbors and offering to jump-start the cars of strangers in need. Not that I ever did much of this, but, for the 28 years...
    Last Updated Mon, Dec 22 2008 2:09 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Jekyll and Hyde

    As with so many cats, there’s a little Jekyll and Hyde about Sebastian. Naturally he was on his best behavior when he first won me over , persuading me — with surprising ease — to bring him home. Now that he’s been here nearly four months, though, I’m...
    Last Updated Mon, Oct 27 2008 1:37 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Musical Chairs

    As you can see from the photo, Sebastian and Carmen have set aside much of their posturing and are now becoming buddies. This being new and uncertain terrain for the two of them, these moments rarely last for long (especially, it seems, if the camera...
    Last Updated Mon, Oct 20 2008 1:07 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Stinky Nuzzles

    More than any cat I’ve ever known, Sebastian loves to nuzzle. When he’s in the mood, he’ll “put his stink” all over my face. It is, like nearly everything else Sebastian does, quite charming — but also not without its risks. In addition to jamming his...
    Last Updated Mon, Oct 13 2008 2:10 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Man of the House

    When Sebastian arrived in July, it was a moment of both celebration and anxiety. There was plenty to celebrate, of course — the little charmer was going to get the life he deserved all along. But I worried about how he’d do with the other cats, and how...
    Last Updated Mon, Oct 06 2008 12:51 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Affection, Carmen-style

    Carmen loves her new brother. She’s just not sure how to express her affection. If ever there was a cat in need of socialization, it’s Carmen. Because she’s a rescue (she somehow got herself trapped in a Karmann Ghia and hitchhiked her way to a coffee...
    Last Updated Wed, Oct 01 2008 1:31 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • Creature Comforts

    Is there anything too good for this little man? Twice last week, my little hunter Carmen caught a grasshopper in the atrium. As she often does, she brought the grasshoppers inside, chasing them around until she became bored with them. Nothing new there...
    Last Updated Tue, Sep 23 2008 1:48 AM posted by pedrolobo

  • The Black Blur

    It took Sebastian two months to discover the cat tower — but apparently it was worth the wait. Prior to Carmen’s arrival in July 2007, the carpeted two-story cat tower got little use (as much a function of its limited volume as anything else — neither...
    Last Updated Sun, Sep 14 2008 2:41 PM posted by pedrolobo
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