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heart koukla could be seen down in the harbor in the early mornings waiting there with a crew of 5 other cats for a kind fisherman who would give them all fish when he came in from work i began to feed her with the rest of my little clan and she soon decided that i was hers i named her koukla which means doll in greek because she was so small and so precious when i returned the following may both koukla and psipsina showed up on the stoop of my pensione eleonora my landlady cried how do they know you are here you just arrived koukla began to visit me early in the mornings cheeky ginger psipsina would sneak into the house if she felt i was late feeding my cats their breakfast she is quite the impatient and pushy one she would knock on my door not just any or all of the 5 doors only mine really i always ushered them away from the house to a quiet spot to feed them where i would not offend neighbors who didn t harbor my same fondness for the creatures of their streets but little koukla waited for me only singing a polite little hello when i arose at dawn to write on the veranda waiting alter writing the sun up with the little waif either curled on my lap or sunning herself on the veranda sofa i waited for the sounds of our landlord leaving for work i knew i had about 10 minutes between his leaving and the housekeeper s coming to get koukla downstairs and out the front door before we were busted my landlady would not have appreciated my harboring a cat in her house soon i began to find koukla waiting at my bedroom window when i returned from town at night i was then still quite sad over the sudden loss of our beloved dog djuna and as though helping to fill in that empty place she slept curled upon my heart working extra hard to keep me loaded up with joy and of course it broke my heart to leave her behind the next year same deal eleonora how to they know you are here koukla and psipsina and the rest of my current clan were all present and accounted for of course koukla secretly spent every night of that 5 weeks with me i worked to try to figure out how to get her back to the states but without a fatter bank account and more time i just couldn t make it happen it is not an easy journey secret koukla really i am not a crazy cat lady but i was very attached to this very special cat and the thought of her having to survive uncertainty there tortured me there was nothing i could do but enjoy her company and care for her and the rest of my feline clan as best i could so they would face the season ahead in the best of health i always managed to fatten them all up a bit and between that and the lack of stress of having to survive on garbage bins and handouts and being medicated for worms and fleas they all seemed to be a bit fitter going into the summer someone surely would take over from there and barring any unforeseen tragedy or the plakes poisonings they all would make it through another winter again leaving her behind felt like such betrayal and just broke my heart truly there are no words this year in may no koukla of course i thought it likely that she was dead yet something in me told me she was safe somewhere i searched for her every morning i walked a different way into the harbor calling for her all the way many nights around midnight i walked other parts of plakes and to various feeding stations where kind visitors and locals and the folks from the skiathos cat welfare assn stealthily cared for the street urchins but no koukla at the end of my 5 week stay just a few nights before i left for home i went out to dinner with all of the folks from the cat welfare association it was the first time i had met sharon the force of nature who oversees all of the heartbreak and joy around the cats they care for of course i have been aware of the dog shelter and its angels since its inception in 95 but really this was the first year i was fully aware of the good work the cat assn did for the stray cats at the end of the dinner i found a few photos of koukla on my phone and asked sharon if she d seen this cat i didn t say koukla i said this cat oh sharon said that looks like koukla a cat we sent to uk last october i m sure it s koukla koukla was it really her and how in the world could they possibly have known that her name was koukla i received photographs the next day and indeed it was my koukla a woman from uk who also stayed in my pension but always after i had left had also been smitten by the sweet little calico for two years she left the island worrying like me about what would come of the darling cat and finally she asked sharon for help finding and catching her and then sending her on to her home in the uk the photos i received reflected koukla s obvious contentment with her new situation a bit smug very content and even a bit fat she was off the streets and loved koukla home at last the night before i left for home i was sitting with my dear landlady in her cafe the dear landlady who doesn t like cats so eleonora i must tell you now about koukla koukla what now why are you just now telling me this i have been here for 5 weeks i have looked for that cat every day and night for f i v e weeks really i was amazed that she even knew koukla s name one afternoon when i was having a lazy day and rather than off exploring the island i d opted to have a quiet day at home to read and write dear landlady came upstairs with a greek coffee some wine and a lovely plate of food for me which she is oft known to do ah beautiful greek hospitality curled next to me on the settee on my landlady s settee on my landlady s veranda in my landlady s house was koukla gazing calmly through slit eyes one paw on my thigh smug and sure as though she owned the joint i remember feeling a bit like a kid who was caught smoking a cig behind the barn there was no hiding that cat i am 60 but i sputtered like a 13 year old explaining that the cat really was a good clean cat very polite and and and that her name was koukla so apparently my dear landlady had remembered she went on to recount the whole story about how she was the one who told her guest from the uk the cat s name j and how she had found koukla begging at one of the few tavernas open in early winter and had helped the cat welfare folks rescue her and here i d been hiding cats from her for years i gave her a big hug and kiss there is hope i told her the name of the brazen little ginger girl who always hangs around her house psipsina and asked her to please see if someone would take her home with them next koukla is one of the only real skiathos success stories i ve personally been able to affect in the 30 years i ve been visiting the island koukla and last september the tiny 5 week old abandoned kitten mighty mouse who i was able to wrangle from teenage boys attempting to use her as a football it was 1 00 am when i heard the pathetic cries and boys laughter outside my widow i flew down the stairs and out into the square like a furious squall i am sure i shocked the boys a granny type in her nightie long red hair blazing about my head burning as brightly as my angry eyes as i snatched the wee thing from their hands and gave them a good tongue lashing my little mouse thrives to this day thanks to the skiathos cat welfare assn wee mouse i d been able to help little margarita and beau another little skiathos street dog who happily went on to a good and very long life of happiness feeding the cats medicating and rescuing kitties is the best i am able to do now and there is never really any knowing what becomes of them all in the end monastery kitten my squeak 2010 kechria waif but now there is koukla s story to ease my heart a lot of good work is being done for the animals on the island now thanks to the longstanding dog s home skiathos dog shelter and its angels some big hearted locals who do what they can to help in their own neighborhoods and the work sharon and her volunteers at skiathos cat welfare assn do for the cats bottle feeding bin babies sterilizing and doctoring strays and finding homes for many of them outside of greece but they still are overwhelmed the island overfloweth it never ends skiathos cat welfare association just some of the cats how you can help the situation for the animals on the island especially for the cats is dire many are sickly many are wounded from their street battles fueled by unchecked hormones mamas have trouble keeping up enough weight to feed their kits most of the cats need to be spayed and neutered to help keep the populations in better check newborn kittens get dumped in garbage bins or by the sides of busy streets it is heartbreaking for those of us who see the animals as sentient beings who deserve our kindness if you are at all moved to help any the animals there you can do so by going to the dogs and cats respective websites skiathos dog shelter skiathos cat welfare association and make paypal donations to them there for immediate care you will also find them on facebook both places look after and sterilize the animals that find their way to them or you can help me help them i buy advantix here and take it with me to skiathos advantix is the only thing that protects the dogs from an awful disease as devastating to them as parvovirus is to our dogs here called leishmania advantix is very expensive here but even more expensive for them to buy there i also purchase revolution and tape worm medication both of which i dispense to what street cats i can while i am there on the island you can help me help them by purchasing advantix for small and or medium dogs yourself via a respectable online pet pharmacy and have it sent on to me or you can send money to my paypal account i use your donations to purchase advantix for the dogs a prescription eye ointment for the street cats who often have irritated eyes prescription tapeworm pills and prescription revolution for the street cats revolution rids the cats of ear mites internal parasites fleas and flea eggs i carry it all with me when i go i also use your donations to supplement my purchase of dry and canned food for the street cats i tend anything of your donations that is left over at the end of my stay is then given to the dog and cat folks respectively if you have any questions or wish for more information regarding how you can help you can send an email to me at eleanoremacdonald at gmail com in gratitude for the animals always ourania athenian cat sweetness clan share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email more share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading 11 comments from animal welfare cats greek strays uncategorized 24 sirens call skiathos skopelos and alonissos july 7 2014 tags aegean island alonissos beauty eleanore macdonald greece greek island skiathos skopelos sporades m any people find their place much closer to home than i do a mountain lake the local river a small village in mexico the shores of the pacific woods close to home or their own backyard but mine continues to be that small and elegant place nestled in the greek archipelago the island of skiathos from which i ve just returned a s i ve said before it is where i easily and sometimes not so easily find my way most deeply into my self into presence and into a clearer creativity all which linger as long as i remember to put them into practice this place is the manifestation of the bounty i reap for tending to my inner garden and where the stresses of daily life get cleared away by the winds washed by the sea and importantly for me where the words just seem to grow on trees b y the end of my month there i am rendered almost speechless not in a bad way but by being stripped down to my essentials the spoken word almost make no sense to me anymore a smile or a gesture can say it all gently coaxed to feed on what is left to me i am embraced by grace the sun coloring the day with its rising the gulls and falcons that circle above me the ethereal light that can only be found in greece and of course the sometimes sapphire sometimes turquoise sometimes cerulean sea sun sizzling on water quiet diamonds in the waves a s i age it seems that just getting to skiathos is like reliving labor only i am the one being birthed the preparation is monumental in itself being certain that all is in order with the animals here on the farmlet so that paul or whoever may be tending to all of the living things won t have to deal with any surprises is something i don t take lightly quite picky about the care of the dogs cats and horses i am adamant that their lives do not shift or change while i am away this is their sanctuary however packing after lessons from traveling abroad for almost 30 years is like breathing no problem toss stuff in the bag and go i do need to be careful of weight though as i also cart along many medicines for the animals of the island the street cats and the dogs at the shelter as well as heavy copies of my book all the little graces i take for the dog and cat shelters sell it to benefit the animals t hen there begins that epic journey that used to be so much more straight forward but now can take up to 29 hours flying from here to there and then there and there and on to timbuctoo before actually setting foot on greek soil all while crammed into an seat fit more for the inquisition than for long haul flights the face of jetlag i f i have planned well it can be yet another 1 to 5 hour wait in athens for the once daily hopper up to the island the 26 seater prop jet that can offer a harrowing experience if the weather is not in one s favor in greece the weather usually means the winds but then i am there otherwise it s a night spent in the city of athens before rising with the sun to catch the local bus that winds up through farmlands to the port of volos a 4 hour journey and then the 3 hour ferry from volos to skiathos the first of the islands in the chain of the islands known as the sporades a h the sporades the gates of the wind the catchers of dreamers souls and the poet s dance being one that has long been captured by the serenity that flows through and around this group of islands i will now attempt a writer musician seeker of all things quiet layman s very biased and not very knowledgable guide to these beautiful aegean gems t he sporades are a group of lushly wooded islands scattered in the nw aegean sea they all have have played an important role in the lives of mariners through the ages as they sit at the crossroads of ancient trade routes that flowed from the black to the mediterranean seas not only did this make them an important migration route from prehistoric times onward but also left them wide open for invasion by the venetians and turks and to pillaging by 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