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Jen in West Texas
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And this is Zeke, the first cat I lost, to heart attack at 3 a.m.
A grey and white cat with green eyes is lying on her side on a grey carpet. It’s a closeup on her face and shoulder.
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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This is my cat Lizzie who lived to 19 1/2 years and who divided the world into Jen and Not-Jen. The terror of vets, she was the first person who loved me best.
A tabby cat with beautiful green eyes sits on a blue and white blanket atop a yellow chair.
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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My tortie cat, Tillie, also had saddle thrombus. I didn’t know such a thing existed one minute, the next she was gone.
A tortie cat looks into the distance on a sunny day. She is in a room with big windows and is washed in the light.
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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This is my cat Friendly, who invited herself in to live with us (with the help of a three-year-old). When that child was learning to play violin, Friendly would nip at the back of her legs and yowl to get her to stop. When she didn’t, Friendly nipped me. Miss her.
A large cream-colored cat sits in a most undignified way in a child’s saucer chair. She is displaying her pink back toe beans for you and seems very pleased with herself. My daughter called this pose “sitting like a person.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Adopted.
Sweet Two-Spot, who likes cuddles the most, is a white kitten with black mask and two black spots, seen here on my lap with one claw in my finger to encourage a resumption of petting. Now all foster kittens are adopted and I’m just waiting to hear about their mom.
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Adopted!
A placard announcing the salient characteristics of Oscar, who was adopted this weekend. Oscar is pictured on the right side of the card. He is white on the bottom and black on the top, a most handsome gentleman. The left side explains that he loves to eat and play, especially with ball tracks and lightweight balls. Some family of cat-lovers is so happy now.
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Adopted!
A placard that enticed some happy cat-lover to take home a tuxedo kitten named Mo. Mo is pictured on the right side of the placard washing her tummy. The left side says that she loves adventure more than anything, except perhaps Churu.
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Up for adoption.
A placard listing the salient characteristics of Oscar, a kitten available for adoption through Kat's Alley Cats and located at Petsmart on Slide Road in Lubbock, TX. Oscar is mostly black on top and mostly white on the bottom. He is active and a great athlete.
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Up for adoption.
Placard listing important characteristics of Spot, a cat available for adoption through Kat's Alley Cats and located at Petsmart on Slide Road in Lubbock, Texas. Spot is a white cat with black spots, a real sweetheart who started life outside but who has always wanted to be an indoor cat.
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Up for adoption.
A placard listing significant characteristics of Two-Spot, a kitten available for adoption through Kat's Alley Cats at Petsmart on Slide Road in Lubbock, TX. Two-Spot is a white cat with black mask and two spots, pictured here resting on my lap with one tiny claw retaining my hand in place for petting.
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Up for adoption.
A placard with significant characteristics of Mo, a tuxedo kitten pictured here washing her tummy. Mo is up for adoption through Kat's Alley Cats in Lubbock, TX, and is located at Petsmart on Slide Road. Mo loves exploring and adventure.
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Some images from Lubbock, taken by a taller friend.
Costumed person holds American flags and sign reading “No human is illegal.” Participants at Lubbock No Kings hold signs saying “Greed is not beautiful “ and “No longer free — dissent gets you arrested, sued, condemned.” A person at Lubbock No Kings holds a sign reading “Dictatorship? I did Nazi that coming.” A person at Lubbock No Kings carries a sign reading “Bullets are not school supplies.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Good evening.
A white kitten with two black spots and a black mask is sitting on a red cardboard spaceship with dangly toys hanging in front, bathed in the golden ight of evening. This is Two-Spot, the sweetest of my foster kittens and the one I think I will miss most when she goes off for adoption this weekend. She will be a fabulous pet for someone.
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Good evening.
Spot and her daughter Two-Spot enjoying some catnip from the garden. Spot is a white cat with the occasional black spot. Two-Spot the same but kitten, and two spots on the side you can’t see. Each cat has her own spring of catnip, and Spot is more possessive of hers than anything so far. As I write, sister Mo has taken Two-Spot’s nip, but kitten doesn’t care. My last week with these three and Oscar, the last if Spot’s current children. All are leaving me next Sunday to be adopted into families I hope will love them as much as I do.
October 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Good morning.
A tuxedo kitten and a white kitten with black mask and tail ( and two black spots you can’t see in this picture) play with a green and white ball track. They are mighty hunters, focusing intently on their prey (a rattling red ball). They will defeat it soon, adding it as a trophy to their wall. In the far distance, you can see the white paws and black body of their elderly uncle, 17 1/2 year old Jake. Baby cats are set for adoption next weekend. Resisting foster fail…
October 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Good morning.
A handsome tabby cat with green eyes gazes at you with skepticism. He has paused in the middle of his bath in a sunbeam. Soon he will have his morning nap. All in a day’s work.
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I'm sorry for your loss.
A white kitten with black mask begins her attack on a shoe with foot inside. In the background, playtime litter. A white kitten with black mask is fully engaged in a battle against a shoe with a foot in it. Teeth and claws are in attack position. A white kitten with black mask looks a bit taken aback as she pauses in the middle of a shoe/foot attack. Perhaps her claws and teeth were sharp, and her foster person has cried out in agony. Must have startled her.
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Good morning.
Oscar, one of my foster kittens, has a black mask and white underparts. He is resting on my lap with one claw delicately piercing my finger. He is relaxed and at east. I am less so, because that tiny claw is sharp.
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Good evening.
A kitten with white underpants and mostly black top shows how very fierce he is. I’m trembling.
September 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Good morning.
A most handsome brown tabby cat rests on his person. He is receiving pets, as is his due.
September 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Good morning.
A large brown tabby cat on the left looks at you, his arm across the shoulder of a small grey cat. He is awake, but the baby cat is either asleep or looking to escape, hard to tell which. They are best friends.
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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We also had Pope Francis, the roundest tuxie you've ever seen.
A very round tuxedo cat named Pope Francis.
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Here's my eldest, Jake, now 17 1/2.
This handsome devil, a tuxedo cat named Jake, is resting comfortably on his human's body.
September 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Here's when they were really new, @margarita.bsky.social
The back of a mama cat (white with black spots) and the front of two kittens (front one: tuxedo kitten; back one: looks like Mama but two spots) with the head only of a third kitten. Don't worry: rest of kitten is concealed by Two Spot. These infants and their parent were recently rescued in this picture from July.
September 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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And good morning from their mama.
This is mama Spot. The baby behind her is Oscar, but we used to call him Spotlet. Mama and all three babies are on the road to being adopted. Spot is one if the nicest cats I’ve ever known. Hard to believe that she was “feral” two months ago. She has always preferred pets to food, and understood instantly that life as a housecat is so much better than dealing with the wind and the rain. Hey ho.
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM