{"id":4511,"date":"2020-10-22T03:27:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:27:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:27:38","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-conversations-with-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4511","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 Conversations With Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OliviaBlinds3-e1603366020672-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OliviaBlinds3-e1603366020672-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OliviaBlinds3-e1603366020672-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OliviaBlinds3-e1603366020672.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>We all use mind-talk with our cats. If you don\u2019t believe it, consider this: How often do you just think about getting up and fixing your cat\u2019s supper or offering a treat and all of a sudden your cat becomes alert. She might look at you from across the room\u2014anticipation in her eyes. Or she runs from another room and sits in front of you staring or rubs against your legs. It\u2019s possible that she heard your thought.<\/p>\n<p>They say that cats read mind pictures. I have to say<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Olivia34-e1600170778584-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Olivia34-e1600170778584-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Olivia34-e1600170778584-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Olivia34-e1600170778584-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Olivia34-e1600170778584.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>that I\u2019ve experienced this many times over the years\u2014most succinctly when I managed to talk a very uncooperative cat out from under a deep corner table and into a cat carrier\u2014yes, using only mind-pictures.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder sometimes if my cats use mind-talk with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all use mind-talk with our cats. If you don\u2019t believe it, consider this: How often do you just think about getting up and fixing your cat\u2019s supper or offering a treat and all of a sudden your cat becomes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4511\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4513,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions\/4513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}