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Tobermory, by Saki
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"…and do you really ask us to believe, Sir Wilfred was saying, that you have discovered a means for instructing animals in the art of human speech, and that dear old Tobermory has proved your first successful pupil?" From Tobermory, written by H.H. Munro (Hector Hugo), pen name—Saki Tobermory, written in 1911, is a masterpiece [Open This Episode]
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Love Is a Special Way of Feeling by Joan Walsh Anglund
"Love is found in unexpected places. It is there in the quiet moment when we first discover a beautiful thing. When we watch a bird soar high against a pale blue sky." Love is a Special Way of Feeling by Joan Walsh Anglund This book, Love Is a Special Way of Feeling by Joan Walsh [Open This Episode]
The Boy Who Drew Cats
"Whenever he found himself alone he drew cats. He drew them on the margins of the Priest's books, and on all the screens of the temple, and the walls, and the pillars. Several times the Priest told him this was not right, but the boy did not stop drawing cats, he drew them because he [Open This Episode]
The Galloping Cat, a poem by the late Stevie Smith
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"So I thought: What's the good of galloping about doing good when angels stand in the path and do not do as they should." The Galloping Cat from All the Poems by Stevie Smith That's a quote from The Galloping Cat. A poem by the late British writer Stevie Smith. For this episode it's taken [Open This Episode]
Mr. Cat, and The Black Velvet Bow
"If you ever meet Lillian Gish, and she is wearing a black velvet bow, ask her if Mr. Cat gave it to her." Mr. Cat by George Freedley Mr. Cat came to live with George in 1943 as a four-month-old kitten from a New York City pet shop. This podcast cannot do justice to how [Open This Episode]
The First Ship's Cat
There were many reasons to have cats on ships. Rodents were one reason, but did you know cats were believed to have magical powers able to protect a ship at sea. Legend and myth are filled with stories about ship cats, and every ship had a few. It is believed that during the 15th-18th centuries [Open This Episode]
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