It is with a sad heart that I tell you that I discovered that Freddie was killed today, apparently hit by a car.

He was an amazing, sweet, and funny little cat. I got him at the shelter about a year ago, to keep Henry, a cat I had gotten from my friend Stephanie, company.

Henry and Freddie became fast friends, often napping together, playing chase, all those things loving kitties do.

I will miss him. Henry is looking for him.

I think we will go to the shelter tomorrow and bring a new cat home. But as you know, no one can replace the one you've lost.

I made this video one afternoon. He often slept like that, strung like a suspension bridge from the armchair to the scratching post, his round belly hanging. He was a source of constant joy. 

Goodbye, my sweet little Freddie.

This piece of music, "[Hydraulic] Serenity Applicator," is available on the "Flapping" version of my cd "Flight of the Atom Bee." We will be releasing the original "Flight of the Atom Bee" in Spring of  2009, and "[Hydraulic] Serenity Applicator" will be available once again.