Cats and Place

This entry is for the Ecotone wiki’s joint blogging topic, Cats and Place.

Never really having been a cat person before it’s been interesting to watch what were two feral kittens grow into something resembling adult cats—with no adult training. They know how to find warm spots in the house; they react to chaos in a chaotic way, attempting to reverse it; they play with all kinds of things they shouldn’t and shun cat-specific toys.

What to learn from a cat: find a place you like and take over; eat; nap a lot. (Don’t go into scholarly publishing, in other words.)