The cat blogs

The following quote struck me as I was reading:

• "It is not important that you know exactly what you are going when you begin writing your weblog, but you must have at least a loosely defined purpose for your site. . . " (Blood, p. 60).

So here's a blog with a definite purpose: I'm a Cat and I Blog.

Muddy, the blogger, is journalling his daily life. Although not stated, it appears that he began when only 8 weeks old--sometime in 2003. Wow--how many days is that? His likes, dislikes, and pictures of activites are all present. When I played the audio clip, Nizhoni looked up, and ran. She, of course, thought I'd brought in a new cat.

Blood suggests that our first writings may not be very good, but that we can't get better unless we blog often. She further suggests that archiving our writing allows us to see changes in writing. This blog does just that. The first few entries are adequate, but not funny. They provide a record of the daily event, but without telling a story. The last few entries have character, humor, and definite cat personality. The reader is drawn to look at more of Muddy because he is an interesting character. Muddy is now more than just "living with other cats" but interpreting their viewpoint from his perspective. He's finding ways to deal with irrational human behavior. And those of us who are part cat understand his moods and thinking.

Visit the site.