Shannon's Home Page
On the Prowl
Just Cattin' Around
Rainy Day Blues

Of course, Shannon also had to have his own Postcard, which epitomizes for me his constance, faithfully waiting for a bit of attention from me in between keystrokes on my computer.

Then there were the numerous articles inspired by the small daily vignettes in a home with cats. Shannon and his buddy Arthur both figured prominently in these.

Shannon's 7th Life
Cats as Best Friends
The Purrfect Cat
Food Fight!
Just Another Day
Ode to Shannon (In Poems and Haiku)
Cats Being Cats
Where's a Cat When You Need One?

Finally, Shannon was the inspiration for a number of health-related articles, both general and specific, as he aged and fell victim to various physical maladies.

Open Wide, Kitty
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Summer
Nurturing Your Senior Cat Part 1 - Optimizing His Health and Well-Being
Nurturing Your Senior Cat Part 2 - Diseases That Target Them
Nurturing Your Senior Cat Part 3 - The Comfort Factor
My Cat Has FIV
FIV Update: One Month Later
Living With an FIV+ Cat - Three Months Later
Living with an FIV+ Cat - One Year Later

The sharing and caring both contribute to long-lasting relationships, most of them with people I'll never meet "in real life." Truthfully, though, the Net is real life. We are all real people, though we are all scattered across the globe. The cats we write about with love and passion are real indeed, each with his or her own special, unique, personality.

After I announced Shannon's death in my newsletter, I was overwhelmed and buoyed by the many emails and cards I received, from folks whose lives had been touched by Shannon's stories in one way or another. Many of them wrote to tell me of their own feelings about kitties they had lost, or who are presently in ill health, and another connection was made.

I'd like to share some of those messages with you.