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I feel like I ought to, no, I must report this event here. My feline pet, Arya, has finally proved herself worthy of her name. She caught a mouse.

She caught a mouse and ate it.

And the short-sighted Markýza finally realised that the suspicious dark spot on the veranda floor was, in fact, a dead mouse's loose skin (sorry sensitive souls for this ( Read more... )

The first of March! Spring, hooray!
And the International Cat's Day!!!


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This week, when I went to the reading rooms, I passed a 'Christmas exhibition'. The book that made me stop was Tosca's Christmas.

'And down went Tosca'... (sounds so tragic!)

... and down went the Christmas tree. "Get out, Tosca! You naughty cat!"

It's an illustrated children's book about a kitty's Christmas. The artist is Anne Mortimer. The kitty is ( Read more... )

To me and all who are feeling depressed… but why only depressed - I would advise to see those cats to everybody!!


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Now, I think that it must appear in this journal. How I love it - how I love it - how… *self-control: ON*

It’s about Rossini’s Cat Duet. I first saw it as a kid with the incomparable Montserrat Caballe and her daughter, Montserrat Marti (Monsita). Unfortunately, the quality has much to be desired, but it’s nevertheless here: see?

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I’ve found something about Charles I’s cat.

It is said that ''King Charles I of England owned a black cat, whom he valued very much.  He treasured the cat so much that he had his guards watch over it 24 hours a day.  As luck would have it, the day after the cat died from an illness, the king was arrested''. Here is the link to the site where this ( Read more... )

Well, I’ve read Blue Fire and Black Amber, and I must say the first one left no particular impression. I’m not excited by stories of stolen diamonds, no way! What I liked better was Black Amber.

( About Black Amber, certainly with spoilers )

Warning: I am only beginning to study opera music, so every opera is a huge discovery for me. My ramblings here will be, I suspect, incoherent, perhaps naive or even annoying, as I am not a professional. I have hardly heard 10 operas in all my life. I've fallen in love with the opera genre quite recently, and now I just try to express my (mad) ( Read more... )