Monthly Archives: December 2018

Mindful Monday – Your Cat’s Recipe for Happy Endings and Positive Beginnings

This is a day of transition for many. We’ll all become a year older in 2019 and we’ll certainly be faced with new challenges, experiences, and lessons. We’ll meet new people, make new friends, and lose some of those we’ve … Continue reading

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Frivolous Friday – A Sweet Story of Kitty Love

As the week and the year come to a close, I’d like to share a feel-good story of a traveling pair—Richard and his beloved cat, Willow. https://www.lovemeow.com/man-left-his-job-so-he-could-travel-with-his-cat-1804259571.html

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Thoughts for Thursday – Christmas Hangover With Cats

In recent weeks we’ve talked about the dangers, hazards, and upsets the holiday season brings to our cats. But I actually think cats enjoy certain aspects of the big holiday celebration in ways that we might not even notice. What’s … Continue reading

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Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday – After Christmas Cat Survival Tips

Sophie’s and Lily’s Cat Survival Tips for after the holidays 1: Stay close to your person—underfoot if necessary and definitely on her lap or at least her feet, to remind her not to leave again or never to bring a … Continue reading

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Newsday Tuesday – Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays from Patricia, Sophie and Lily I was going to leave my message at that—it’s a busy day for everyone—until this story came across my desk. It’s an interesting and touching story of a feral cat colony being wrongfully … Continue reading

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Mindful Monday – Christmas Eve With Cats

You’ve decorated your home or maybe just a room in your house or apartment. You’ve finished your shopping and wrapping. You may even have done some baking for a holiday gathering. And you’ve kept your cat safe through it all. … Continue reading

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Frivolous Friday – From the Back of a Cat

We’ve all experienced cattitude in our own cats, neighborhood cats, the feral cats you might tend to down in the baranca. Something occurred to me recently as I was photographing Lily—while the cat’s eyes show immense expression, his or her … Continue reading

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Thoughts for Thursday –Unusual and Fascinating Cat Books

Now that you have your Christmas cards sent (right?), your holiday shopping finished, your Christmas dinner planned…how about curling up with a good book. You deserve it! Sure, I’d love it if you’d read some of my Klepto Cat Mysteries—I … Continue reading

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Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday – Cats Gone Viral

Are you as surprised and pleased as I am to see so many sweet cat videos, photographs, blogs, and websites on the Internet? As we have discussed throughout the week, cats have been big in literature for a long time. … Continue reading

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Newsday Tuesday – Inspired Cat Names

I had fun (and I hope you did too) reminiscing about cat names yesterday and I thought you might enjoy a site I stumbled across in my research featuring cat names inspired by literary cats. Are you familiar with the … Continue reading

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