Rikki and Kiki

Tuxedo cat sitting on carpeted floor and looking up to you for safety

“Kiki’s Journal #33: Three things can make me NERVOUS: 1) VISITORS—friends, maintenance, etc.…A KNOCK on the door sends me into hiding! 2) NOISE—fireworks, sirens, rattling dishes…I want that to STOP! 3) my HUMAN—vacuuming, moving furniture, cleaning closets…With any of those, I’m a JITTERY kitty!”

Tuxedo cat sitting on gray textured cover of couch, her shoulders being massaged by human’s fingers

“Kiki, do you like me MASSAGING your shoulders?”

“Nope, human! It feels like you’re VENTRILOQUIZING me!”

“What?”

“You twitch my HEAD back and forth, controlling me like I’m a DUMMY.”

(squeaky voice) “‘Hello, I’m Kiki the cat!’”

“STOP it, human—and get my TREATS!”

“Yes, Kiki! I’m your PUPPET!”

Tuxedo cat lying curled up atop dark blue towels, covering her eyes with her front right paw

“Kiki, you‘re covering your EYES!”

“Hee-hee! I…can’t…stop…LAUGHING, human!”

“What’s so FUNNY?”

“I was…thinking about how I might JUMP out of my hiding place…and SCARE you! Hee-hee!“

“And what’s funny about THAT, Kiki?”

“That’s…even…FUNNIER, human! You’re so…CLUELESS about kitty humor! Hee-hee!“

Kiki (and human) here. You’re welcome here anytime! 😺

Kiki here. Hi there, pretty kitty Biscuit! I know I’m a pain in the neck, and I’ll do anything to prove it. But I’m an original pain!

Kiki (and human) here. Thanks for your many replies over the past year!

Tuxedo cat sitting on carpeted floor, looking up at human on brown leatherette recliner

“Kiki, I got a BACKACHE! Take it EASY on me! You COPY?”

“Copy, human.”

“NO biting!”

“No biting.”

“NO scratching!”

”No scratching.”

“NO mischief!”

“No mischief.”

“NO food tomfoolery!”

“No food—“

“Kiki, you’re REPEATING what I‘m saying!”

“You asked me to COPY, human! Just being a COPYCAT!”

Kiki here. I’m naughty, yes—but not for naught!

Kiki here. Hi, Mary and Wyatt! Thanks for your replies and pictures over the many months! You are all good kitties who truly understand the art of Kiki!

Kiki here. Hi, Joe! I had to stand on my head to see if that was you, not Jake! It’s a natural disguise! So, there’s really an upside to being topsy-turvy!

Kiki here. Thanks for your kind words. I love sharing my wit and wisdom with humans and kitties alike!

Tuxedo cat sitting on small table near cluttered desk, looking at you with inquisitive eyes

“Kiki, we’re six days from our first ANNIVERSARY on Bluesky!”

“Human, I gotta ask you AGAIN: Are you writing EXACTLY what I say…or are you MAKING UP everything?”

“Kiki, I don’t have nearly enough IMAGINATION to think or talk like you!”

“Right! You’d have to be a much SMARTER human than you are!”

Kiki here. Hi, Sabrina! It’s not good to go where you aren’t wanted, but sometimes nothing can stop you!

I’m glad you got a chance to go outside! Hope you stay warm and dry tomorrow!

Kiki here. Thanks! I’m quite attached to them.

Tuxedo cat standing next to two closed doors, peeking through the crack of one of them

“Kiki’s Journal #32: I’m free to go almost ANYWHERE at home, but my human SHUTS some doors! Cabinets, closets, etc., are off-limits! I try—unsuccessfully—to PAW them open or PEEK into the edges, but I yearn to ENTER and find things to play with. If she leaves a door OPEN…Well, yes, I’m gonna go in!”

Kiki here. Hi, Wyatt. I’m comparing my strength over my human’s. The more I’m with her, the more I can bite and scratch her. So, she won’t get away from this little kitty!

And don’t step into anything you can’t get out of!

Tuxedo cat sitting on carpeted floor, looking up with captivating eyes

“Kiki, ONE day, I’ll get tired of you biting me. And I’ll leave you ALONE!“

“WHICH day, human?”

“TOMORROW, the next day…Who knows?”

“What if I wanna sit on your LAP that day?”

“I’ll go to another ROOM, Kiki.”

”But I’ll FOLLOW you, human. I’ll NEVER get tired of you…or leave you alone for long!”

Kiki here. Hi, Crystal! Yes, I’m keeping the card only because it looks like you!

Kiki here. Please don’t delete Marvin!

Kiki here. Happy #WhiskersWednesday, Waffles!

Tuxedo cat sitting atop gray quilt on bed, her paws tucked under her and next to a greeting card showing three photos of a tuxedo cat

“Thanks for the HAIRBALL, Kiki!”

“A GIFT for you, human!”

“I’ll stop your food for a couple of hours so you can RECOVER.”

(later) “Feeling GOOD?”

“MUCH better!”

“Got you a GET WELL card!”

“Do I get a GIFT?”

“ME, taking care of you, Kiki!”

”Keep the RECEIPT, human. I wanna RETURN the gift!”

Kiki (and human) here. Happy #WhiskersWednesday to you, Peggy!

Kiki here. Hi, Wyatt! Must be nice to like being picked up, kitty! I could never handle being handled!

Kiki here. Happy #WhiskersWednesday to you, pretty kitty!

Kiki here. Hi, Rikki! You’re obviously a very good kitty. But at the end of the day (and at the beginning of the morning), good and bad are human constructs and don’t apply to us! Happy #WhiskersWednesday!

Tuxedo cat lying atop lined legal pad and ballpoint pen on cluttered desk, looking at you like a bad cat should

“Kiki, get off my WRITING tablet!“

“Not ‘til you apologize for the BAD thing you wrote, human!“

“What DID I write?”

”’Kiki is GOOD!’…But I LOVE having a bad reputation!”

“You didn’t finish the SENTENCE! I wrote, ‘Kiki is GOOD at being BAD…and BAD at being GOOD!”

“That’s what I THOUGHT, human!”

Kiki here. Hi, Stephen. I can see some advantages of that situation, but I see a lot more disadvantages! Happy #WhiskersWednesday, kitty!

Kiki here. It’ll do for now—‘til I can find a way to crack the glass and rip the screen door to go outside!

Kiki here. Joe and Jake, I admire your punctuality.

And your threat to hold your human’s keys hostage (to make sure you stay home and stay fed) will surely pay off!

Kiki here. Hi, Lena! Yes, the “grab” is a bad move for a kitty to accept. My human tries to prevent my damaging her hands by wearing leather gloves!