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On Easter weekend, my cat Pudge passed away. He was 13 and had suffered from a long-term illness. If he hadn't died, we likely would have put him to sleep.

Pudge was aptly named - he was a fat orange cat whose pastimes were sleep and food. We used to joke that we should have named him Garfield. He did no one any harm and spent his life among those who loved him.

It was simply his time to go.

As the chill recedes,
Your spirit leaves us behind
To walk the dream road.

We will shed no tears,
For your memory stays here;
With your death comes Spring.
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I've probably mentioned this before, but here's how I got Nuisance.

I was housesitting for the weekend. It was Indian summer, so I had all the windows open. The dogs were barking, so I told them to be quiet... and then I heard a cat meowing.

This isn't uncommon - a long time back, someone ditched a pregnant cat in the hills behind our house, and its descendants made up all the cats my family ever had when I was growing up. But I went to check on it anyway.

And lo and behold, there was a half-grown cat in the yard. It didn't run away when I approached it, and it (later found to be a she) let me carry it inside. Our cats at the time hated her, but I fed her cat treats and tried to figure out what to do with her. Clearly someone had owned her at some point, since she was far too tame to be a feral.

I planned on giving her to Last Hope, the local no-kill shelter... and then she started meowing, and so I would have something to yell at her, I started calling her Nuisance.

Never name an animal if you don't intend to keep it.

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