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 Today is "National Black Cat Day."  I discovered this for myself.      I think my west coast brother failed to mention this special day to me for fear it would make his cat Ace, who is not black, jealous.  That's ok Ace.  You get all the other special cat days.

I'm wondering if Black Cats are celebrated five days before Halloween so they feel more special?  Halloween itself is too crowded, but black cats are certainly an integral part of the festivities.  I think that every Halloween card I sent out this year had a black cat on it somewhere.

My spouse and I have a black cat.  Well, it's not actually our cat, but it certainly is black, and makes itself at home in our back yard frequently (almost daily).  It likes to hide under the big evergreen and watch the birds at the bird feeders. It never actually goes after the birds, just watches. It appears to be extremely well fed so we don't feel any compulsion to feed it.  

When I was a child I had a black cat.  I named her Midnight.  That was when we lived in the country and had a multiplicity of barn cats to tame and play with.  Since then I've had several other cats in my life but Midnight was the only all black one.  I think if I ever had another black cat I would name her Licorice.  Happy day, all you black cats out there.