Dear Cat Owners: Does this sound familiar?
"My cat emerged from the darkness of the bedroom and hopped back up onto the couch. She waited for me to move the telephone aside, then crawled onto my lap and kneaded it until she tucked her paws in and dropped down on her belly."
From "Nick's Trip"
a weird but fun
detective novel.
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That was the late Silver's middle name -- Foghorn.
Reason being that he sounded like a foghorn when he meowed! 
How I miss my dear Silver. He was such a kind old fellow.
Silver died in his sleep on Jan. 2nd, 2025.
RIP my dear Silver F.
Silver had a twin brother named Andreas. Andreas died in 2024. 
This left me with Silver and my black cat Missy.
Now it is just Missy and I living in the house together and no one else.
Missy is very lonely and when I go out, she is really sad and waits by the door for me to come back.
I'm thinking about adopting another cat but I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not as Missy was quite jealous of Silver and they got into a few fights that ended up drawing blood.
Its so difficult when we lose a pet. The scars on the heart never seem to heal, at least in my case anyway.
Ty for sharing! 
On edit: no e version, but this is a prolific author, so I checked out several others.
None of my kitties have been lap cats. I've always wanted a lap cat.