The Happy Cat is the pseudonym of author Perley-Ann Friedman where she writes articles and stories for “boomers” who want to stay positive, make good life choices and find happiness each day.
The Happy Cat aims to inspire you with her journey of retiring and living on a remote paradise island in Thailand.

Recent blog posts on The Happy Cat:
- This excerpt is dedicated to my parents, my heritage, and to my birthplace Ottawa, Canada. I love cats. I’m a cat person and
- The manuscript for ‘Retired Way Out There: My evolving life on Koh Lanta, Thailand’ is now in the review process, with a Summer
- I took the plunge and created an NFT Collection in cyberspace to celebrate my passion for cats. Yes, even at my age I
- What is an NFT? NFT stands for non-fungible token, but what does that mean? And more importantly, should you care? The second question
- “I’m in my late 60s; too old to make a difference!” I hear this all the time from friends as the reason for