Olivia has her paws full in this lively story.
Olivia, Archie, and their human team members are called to the tropics to solve a troubling mystery. Why are cats disappearing from a Hawaiian art colony? What’s happening to them? You won’t believe where the clues lead. Meanwhile Olivia sounds the alarm that saves some frightened children. She leads authorities to another child that’s been kidnapped, she exposes an alleged exotic cat smuggling ring, and she calms an out-of-control airline passenger who wants Olivia and Archie thrown off the plane.
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The Klepto and Calico Books 81, 82 and 83 are in varying stages of completion here in the factory. That would be one new Klepto Cat Mystery and two Calico Cat Mysteries. Folks, it looks like we could have a monumental production rate this year—averaging a book a month. You’ve heard of the book-a-month club. Well, here at the factory we’re not just reading a book-a-month, we’re producing a book a month.
As you may have noticed cats have been turned inside out and upside down in every way possible since the advent of the internet. Everything we ever wanted to know and even what we’d rather not know about cats is at our fingertips. This week I found an interesting article based on a study of cat personalities. These researchers claim there are five distinct personality 
types in the domestic cat: neuroticism, extroversion, dominance, impulsiveness, agreeableness. Whoa! An agreeable cat?
I also found this article describing how to live with a cat of a certain personality.
Vegan cats? Now that’s certainly a foreign concept to many of us, and some cat owners and cats vehemently vote NO to a vegan diet for cats. But there’s another faction that completely embraces veganism for cats. Why? They claim cats that eat their veggies are healthier. But who are “they” in this debate? PETA for one—People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Here’s an article FOR feeding cats a vegan diet: 
I found this story heart-warming and charming. Rather than try to describe the part cats are playing in some fabulous New York establishments, I’m offering a link so you can enjoy the stories. You’ve heard of working cats. Well, these working cats are apparently hired for their hunting skills as well as their people skills. Don’t you love it? 
What does “less adoptable pet” mean? In the world of cats that’s sometimes the black cat. Black cats are often the last cats to be chosen. Cats with litter-box issues are less desirable. I once brought home a lovely adult Persian cat, and the first thing she did was poop on a brocade chair my grandmother had given me. I called animal control where I found her (it used to be known as the pound). They checked this kitty’s file and reported that’s why she was relinquished. She liked
using furniture as her litter box. Yes, I returned her. I know people who are set up to handle this type of problem cat. I was not.
When you put yourself out there as a writer or artist or performer or even a business owner, you really do need to pay attention to your readers, viewers, customers. I love to read reader reviews for the Calico Cat Mysteries and the Klepto Cat Mysteries. Sure, I get a critical comment from time to time—someone will make a suggestion or voice a complaint. Believe me, I pay attention to this. I consider it helpful and will often make adjustments because of a viewpoint. Just for fun (and bragging rights), today I’d like to share some of the most recent reader’s comments:
For fun, I entered Olivia’s picture in a local humane society contest and fund-raiser. It was open to any pet of any kind and there were over 50 entries. It was fun watching the leader board change by the day. The participants were mostly dogs and cats with a cockatoo and a bunny also in the running.
I don’t know why this came to me in the middle of the night, but have you ever considered how many words starting with A that can describe a cat? Here’s what I came up with:
describing cats are C and S. Just to give you an idea, cats can be cute, curious, cautious, cantankerous, clever, coy and we’ve probably all known cats that are at least sometimes sassy, sneaky, shy, scared, sleepy, spry and spectacular.
Remembering a pet that is lost to us is not exactly fun, but I don’t want to let this special day get away from us. This is one of our longest observed days of remembrance, after all—having been observed for the first time over fifty years ago.
have been found all over the world in some of the most ancient ruins and burial sites. And there are many sites all over the Internet exploring this history. While we all find different ways to memorialize our own pets—keepsakes, burials in our yard with headstones, memorial tokens, ashes over the mantel, etc. there are also over a hundred pet cemeteries across the US.
