MOGGYCAT
INSPIRATION AND HUMOR FOR CAT LOVERS

 

Aphrodite Hartwell
(1988 - 1999)

 

INSPIRATIONAL

Poetry, prose and true stories for those who have lost animal companions and inspirational articles for those who work with stray and unwanted cats.

TRUE STORIES OF CATS AND CAT RESCUERS

 

FELINE HUMOR

A selection of lighter-hearted articles for those who share their lives with cats. Many of these originate from the world of cat rescue.

 

APRIL FOOL PAGES

 

FELINE GHOST STORIES AND OTHER TALES

Some eerily beautiful stories of cats which have returned from the other side. Some of the ghost stories are based on true stories and show that a cat's love for its owner can sometimes transcend death. Also some stories of feline antics and some true tales of feline bravery.

A VERY PURRCULIAR PRACTICE

The trials and tribulations of British cat shelter workers as written by Sarah Hartwell with a "wry sense of humour and keen eye for human and feline behaviour". All of these tales are based on the experiences of volunteer cat workers around the country which she has collected together and compiled for the amusement of other cat welfare workers.
  1. A Most Awfully Savage Feral
  2. An Encounter With Mad Sal
  3. Is That The Cat Sanctuary ...?
  4. Catbustas!
  5. That Terrible Thompson!
  6. Ra-Ra-Rasputin!
  7. Mr Dobson and Tibbs Too
  8. Cindy, The Amazing Homing Cat
  9. Another One of Those Days
  10. The Wisdom of Solomon
  11. Mad Sal Strikes Again
  12. Reigning Cats and Dogs
  13. Kittens Ahoy!
  14. Psychopussies
  1. You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here ... But It Helps
  2. Why, Why, Why, Delilah?
  3. My Cat Shelter And Other Animals
  4. A Cat By Any Other Name
  5. Kitten Wranglers of the Wild Frontier
  6. A Kitten in the Cleavage
  7. Full House!
  8. Fundraising Blues
  9. Four Paws Up the Pole
  10. Gone Cat Fishing
  11. The Saga of the Persian Chin Dynasty
  12. Big Cat Among the Pigeons
  13. Cat Food For Thought
  14. The "Fun" in Fundraising

 

TALES FROM A CAT CRAZY HOUSEHOLD

What happens when an apparently sane household takes on a series of crazy cats? The hidden goings-on in Sarah Hartwell's cat crazy house in England, where the resident cats have conspired to send their humans insane over a period of years.
  1. Insanity Is Catching - You Get It From Your Cats
  2. Zombie Cuddle Monster From Outta Bed
  3. Magnum Opuss
  4. Like a Cat With Its Tail On Fire
  5. Vorrsprung Purrs Technik
  6. Hey Diddle Diddle The Cat And The Puddle
  7. Nine Out of Ten Cats Might Prefer It, But I've Got The Tenth Cat ...
  8. The Feline Dangerous Sports Society
  9. A Feline Sexual Pervert
  10. A Midnight Caller
  11. The Mogon Ronay Guide
  12. Do Cats Need Videos?
  13. A Cat Called "Sheep"
  14. Scrapper - Pulling Up Daisies
  1. Madeleine
  2. The Alternative Cat Predation Survey
  3. Cats of a Feather
  4. Good Mousekeeping
  5. Edu-cat-ing Cindy
  6. Gimme-gimme-gimme A Mouse After Midnight
  7. The Phantom Rug-Tiddler of Old Chelmsford Town
  8. Feline TMB
  9. A Rose By Any Other Name
  10. The Composite Kitty
  11. On A Limp and a Purr
  12. Saying Goodbye to Mother
  13. Mog Borstal
  14. Cat owner Code of Practice ... According to Cats

If you reproduce any of these articles elsewhere, please credit the author (where known). Website comments or queries to: Moggycat Due to excessive workload I cannot answer all emails (there may be a delay of 14 days on those I do answer)

Moggycat's Cat Pages and the Messybeast.com Cat Resource Archive are dedicated to Aphrodite 'Affy' Hartwell; my tamed feral. Died of cardiomyopathy, 1999 aged 10 yrs, 11 mths. My work for feral and pet cats is an ongoing memorial to Affy.

It is also dedicated to all those cats who are euthanized for no better reason than feline overpopulation.