{"id":5491,"date":"2022-03-16T03:34:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2022-03-15T03:41:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T11:41:56","slug":"paws-up-for-wednesday-throwback-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5491","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Paws Up for Wednesday \u2013 Throwback Wednesday."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong>In March of 2009\u2014yes, 13 years ago\u2014I wrote the following post. The Klepto Cat and Calico Cat Mysteries series were still in the incubation period and I\u2019d just come out with a book of true cat tales. One story features the dilemma of naming a cat.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve found, over the years, that sometimes it\u2019s easy to name a cat or kitten and other times it\u2019s a challenge to find just the right name. I include a chapter in Catscapades, Tales of Ordinary and Extraordinary Cats <\/em><\/strong>featuring how we choose names for our cats. There are some interesting and fun vignettes. For example, Wally got his \"\"name because he was discovered stuck inside the wall of a house that was under construction. My friend, Sue, named her kitten Tober because the kitten arrived on her doorstep cold and hungry in October. Here\u2019s how we handled the difficult (turned fun) naming process with one kitten our family adopted years ago.<\/p>\n

\"\"PomPom chose her name. We rescued her from an animal shelter when she was a wee kitten. When it came to naming her, my three small daughters and I couldn\u2019t agree.<\/p>\n

\u201cTizz,\u201d said Terri. \u201cNo Sally,\u201d said Penny. Our youngest daughter piped up with, \u201cNonny,\u201d Names flew around the house for days and none of them stuck. Finally, I suggested that we let the kitten name herself. The girls were fascinated by this idea.\"\"<\/p>\n

Together we thought of several possible names and I wrote them on small pieces of paper. The girls wadded up the little pieces of paper, we gathered around the kitten and we threw the wads across the floor in hopes \"\"that she would chase one of them. Instead, she just sat there looking at us with no interest in the wads of paper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have an idea,\u201d I said. \u201cWe\u2019ll give them flavor.\u201d I soaked the pieces of paper in leftover gravy, then we tossed the wads of paper again. This time, the kitten grabbed one and, before I could take it from her, she ate it! I said, \u201cWell, she has a name, but we don\u2019t know what it is because she ate it!\u201d<\/p>\n

We gathered up the gravy-soaked wads of \"\"paper quickly, so she wouldn\u2019t eat the rest of her names, and I threw them across the slick floor one more time. The curious kitten ran toward one of the wads, but before she could pounce on it and swallow it, I grabbed it. I \"\"announced to the girls\u2013\u201cOkay, now do you want to know what this kitten\u2019s name is?\u201d<\/p>\n

The three of them sat wide-eyed and waited. \u201cYes. What is it?\u201d Marti asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s PomPom,\u201d I laughed, as I read the gravy-stained piece of paper. And that\u2019s the story of how one cat named herself.<\/p>\n

To read this and many other stories about cats, order your copy of Catscapades, Tales of Ordinary and Extraordinary Cats <\/em><\/strong>from me PLFry620@yahoo.com<\/a> or from amazon.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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