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Alyssa Cope

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Childless cat lady. Road trips, history, hospitality industry weirdness, Caturday with Arthur, progressive outrage, and more

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Alyssa Cope

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Looks ferocious or at least sassy. But he was just yawning. #caturday

A white cat with brown tabby spots is sitting on a pillow with his paws crossed in front of him. His mouth is wide open, showing all his teeth, and his eyes are closed.

December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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The upside down on the cat condo bit melts my cold cold heart every time he does it. #caturday

A white cat with brown tabby spots lays on his back on the top level of a grey cat condo in front of a large bay window. His paws are curled as though he is playing and one of his teeth is sticking out.

December 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM

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Snuggly #caturday pal

November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM

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Oh heck. In all the spooky season fun, I missed #caturday again.

November 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM

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Despite the awkward position, he maintained the disdainful side eye. Probably because I’ve missed #caturday a couple times.

Arthur, a white cat with brown tabby spots lays on his back on my lap with his front paws on my leg and his back paws up in the air. He is looking up sideways as though distrustful.

October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM

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He’ll loaf for awhile but when he’s relaxing there’s always at least one leg waaaaaaay out there. #caturday

October 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM

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Life with Nunny:
Watching Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on TCM while we’re eating dinner, because The Shawshank Redemption was too violent for her. She comments, while Brick and Big Daddy are arguing in the basement, “boy, these people sure have it roughy toughy.” 😂😂😂

A still from the 1958 movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, showing Burl Ives as Big Daddy sitting in a brown bathrobe in the foreground, and Paul Newman as Brick limping in the background, surrounded by dusty, expensive-looking artifacts. Both men appear distressed.

October 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM

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My favorite neighborhood cats, in case you wanted a #caturday break from Arthur, who is still my favorite.

An orange cat with pale green eyes under a patio table, walking toward the camera seeking treats.

A black cat with green eyes lounging on top of the same patio table, looking cute so the not-pictured elderly lady doing the word-search puzzle in the foreground might be willing to give him treats

September 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM

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Arthur was interested in the pizzelles until he realized they had neither cheese nor chicken in them. #caturday

A white cat with brown tabby spots leans over the edge of a grey cat condo, sniffing at a hand holding a chunk of Italian pizzelle cookie.

September 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM

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Blep #caturday

A white cat with brown tabby patches is irritated and batting his paws at something unseen. His ears are down slightly and his tongue is sticking out.

September 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM

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Arthur’s favorite time of day is lap time #caturday

A white cat with brown tabby spots is stretched out and sleeping atop a pair of denim-clad legs. His face is turned back toward the camera and his chin is buried in one human knee, giving him the appearance of a Simpsons-like overbite.

August 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM

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I didn’t post anything for Caturday this week, so here is a zebu stretching to lick his back leg in a manner that reminded me of Arthur. I don’t know if there’s a way to merge zebu and Monday to make this a thing.

August 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM

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Big stretch during evening lap time #caturday

A white cat with brown tabby spots stretches sleepily across a fleece blanket covered in colorful snowflakes. His little white paws reach toward the camera. He has a hand on his ear, gently petting his soft head.

August 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM

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This meme isn’t Arthur but it sure looks like him, and it accurately depicts his relationship with my spider plant that comes indoors in the winter.

A three-panel cartoon meme based on a Simpsons episode in which Homer continues to eat a rotting giant sandwich even though it makes him ill. The cartoon depicts Homer and Marge lying in the bed and Homer holding the sandwich, but Homer’s face is replaced with the face of a white cat with tabby patches on its head and ears, and the rotting sandwich with a spider plant which covers the image of Marge. The first panel reads, “I’d like to be alone with the spider plant for a moment.” Second panel: “Are you going to eat it?” Third panel: “…yes.” The cat’s tongue is sticking out in the third panel.

August 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM

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It’s not Caturday but as a miserable childless cat lady, I am always just in awe that this fuzzy little guy loves me so much that as soon as I sit down he makes a beeline for my lap, lays down head first, and curls up looking so safe and happy. All with 95% less work than parenting a human child.

A white cat with brown tabby spots is curled up on a pair of human legs in jeans. The light is dim causing the cat to appear slightly yellow-tinged. He is sleeping on his side with his head on one human leg and his chin on his soft white paw. His tabby tail is curled up across his front legs. He appears content and has a slight smile as he sleeps.

August 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM

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Caturday snugglies

August 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM

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Stone cats for Caturday:
I have no background on this memorial in Cleveland’s Lake View Cemetery & not sure if it’s a grave or just art. It’s in part of the cemetery where I don’t think there are burials & idk if it’s a memorial to a person or to cats. Also, Arthur currently sleeping on my lap.

Granite memorial stone with three levels. One stone cat sleeping on top and another stone cat laying on the second level, with one paw stretching down towards the bottom level. Text is carved on the bottom two levels but the only legible text reads “Capichioni” and “Chaikin” with a heart and pawprint between the two words. It is raining and the stone is in the woods with a large puddle behind it.

Closeup of stone cat stretching down between second and third level of granite memorial stone in a rainy woods. The cat is covered in water droplets and the stone is streaked with rain. The cat is above a section of the memorial carved to look like a stylized stack of books, and the spines read, “The Universe,” “The Cat in the Hat,” and “The Earth.”

Black stone cat on top of a granite memorial stone in the woods. Cat is curled up and sleeping with its chin on the tip of its tail, and its cheek on its front paws. It is raining, and the cat is shiny with water.

A white cat with brown tabby spots is sleeping very close to the camera. His left ear pokes out toward the camera and his paw is under his chin.

July 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM

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Yesterday was a long day at work and I forgot it was #caturday until this morning. Luckily Arthur knew I needed snuggles.

A white cat with brown tabby patches is sleeping on my lap with one paw stretched out over my knee, as though he’s hugging it. His whiskers and one pinkish-white ear glow in the sunlight through the window. My fingers are buried in the fur on his back.

July 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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Happy Caturday. You are just sitting at the table when you could be petting me or giving me chicken snacks. May I get up in your personal space and remind you of my needs?