Been working both outside and inside because the weather fluctuates between too wet, too hot, or just right for working outside. On the inside days, I started to reach and pull out my blazers & jackets from the back end of the one closet, only to discover that the cats (one small black one in particular, I’m sure) have been pulling the jackets down ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 8, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd.

In volume 8, we finally meet Mr. Kanda’s two children, both grown up (or almost grown up; I never did figure out their exact ages) and home for a visit- not realizing that their father has houseguests now, both human and feline. With his own cat, his cat’s sister, and the box full of ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 7, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd.

Box full of kittens!

This is pretty much how the book starts, with a famous pianist coming to see Mr. Kanda and finding a box of abandoned kittens on the way. Despite having been brought up with no animals, and not being allowed to interact with them even momentarily, he can’t leave them ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 6, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd.

The sixth volume of A Man & His Cat finds Mr. Kanda cat sitting Fukumaru’s littermate while her owner, Hibino, is on a concert tour. Hibino is, of course, Kanda’s old competitor, but their cats have brought them together. There are many vignettes of Fukumaru and Marin, playing and eating ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 5, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd.

In this volume, Fukumaru and Mr. Kanda face the situation that every pet owner fears: Fukumaru gets out the door as Mr. Kanda enters, and doesn’t come back. The book breaks into multiple threads at this point. We follow Mr. Kanda and his friends as they search for days for Fukumaru, while ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 3, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd

The fourth installment of the series, along with the usual vignettes of humorous cat behavior we can all relate to, we have two story lines. One involves Mr. Kanda’s old competitor, who finds himself with an unexpected cat and is aided in learning cat care by Kanda. The other finds Kanda ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 3, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd

The third volume of this delightful series shows us more vignettes of Kanda and Fukumaru interacting: Kanda trying to read and Fukumaru laying on his book, Fukumaru demanding more food right after eating, Fukumaru trying to get Kanda’s food. And, then, a horrifying event! Fukumaru must go ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 2, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co Ltd

In this second volume of the sweet manga series about an elderly widower and his new cat, they continue to discover each other. Fukumaru patrols Mr. Kanda’s house, day and night, making sure his human is safe. Mr. Kanda learns that a cat can take up all of a bed, or sleep on any part of ( Read more... )

A Man & His Cat, book 1, by Umi Sakurai. Square Enix Co. Ltd, 2018

An adorable anime collection! A recent widower, who had agreed to get a cat right before his wife died, decides to honor his promise and goes to the pet store. There he finds a fat, almost year-old kitten, who has been passed over again and again for being ‘ugly’. He doesn’t even ( Read more... )

Hoover and Natasha hate the medicine. It smells kind of… peppermint-y? Not something I would think a cat would like. They struggle mightily against being given it, and Natasha has gone into hiding. I reach into the closet and pull her out, give her the meds, and she goes and hides again. She comes out at night and eats and drinks and runs around ( Read more... )