Rags and Olivia team up for a wild ride.Cats are wandering around where cats shouldn’t be, and Rags, Olivia, and their humans are summoned to gather them up and return them to safety. But their efforts are met with unforeseen obstacles, several of which bring another level of concern and danger to the rescue expedition. Where are the cats coming from? How did they get there? The answers are elusive as are the cats, which makes this a most difficult and perilous mission for every person and cat involved.
Rags and Olivia stay on task, however, and lead the charge to a happy ending.
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This is a game my great grandchildren play when they visit me. They look around and say, “Nana, you have a lot of cats.” One thing leads to another and soon they are counting them and marveling at the various types of things I display involving cats. Thimbles, posters, 
plates, pictures, mouse pad, aprons, calendars…I even have a screen cleaner in the shape of a cat, cat jewelry, cat paintings, cat vases, cat figurines, cat stickers, cat socks and slippers, cat phone case, greeting cards with cats, clothes in wildcat print, and cat ears, which I’ve been known to wear.
For many of us traveling or adventuring cats seem like a far-fetched concept meant for fiction only, but there actually are cats that travel and love it. They fly on planes, go hiking, kayaking, horseback riding and more, much like the cats in the stories I write.
and their cat. He wrote a book about their adventures with their beloved cat. Fascinating. The title is “A Year of Sundays,” by Edward D. Webster.
You’ve read at least some of the Calico Cat Mysteries and you’ve fallen in love with Olivia. You know that the fictional Olivia is based on the real Olivia, who lives right here with me. But I’m sure you wonder how closely I’ve patterned the fictional Olivia after the real Olivia. How similar are they? Let me count the ways:
not a great eater, but, like the fictional Olivia maintains a weight of 10 pounds. She actually does leap high against a wall occasionally. Maybe practicing to fly—who knows? She has her routines and she insists that we be a part of them–like everyone is to meet-up in the living room at 3 pm 
sharp. If you lag, she comes to get you.
Our Olivia does not wear a harness and doesn’t walk on a leash. She’s afraid of a lot of things, including a car ride. She won’t sleep in a cat bed. I’ve offered several. She wants to be on my bed or under it. She’s not a social cat. Born and adopted in 2020, she was not 
socialized outside of with us. We tried to introduce her to people through the window, but that didn’t go well. So obviously our Olivia is not friendly with others. Neither is she a traveler or an adventurer.
I’ve noticed it and, if you’ve been on this planet for any length of time, you probably have too. Our view and behavior with cats has changed. Let me count the ways.
of people have committed their lives to reversing this trend through TNR programs. Bless them. But after years of work in this area, there are still way too many homeless cats still having kittens. And maybe that’s because we’re keeping better track of the numbers—we know where these cats are and how to help them.
People used to dump a litter of kittens or an unwanted cat someplace wild or unpopulated. Well, I’ve never done that, but I definitely know it was done (and it still is), but it was more accepted back in the day. Breaks my heart.
Even pet cats didn’t live long due to lack of the vaccines we have now, few vet visits, if any, traffic and predators. They weren’t safe even in our neighborhoods—or especially in our neighborhoods.
confronted by.
What was a cat’s lifespan in the 1950s and 60s? If they survived their outdoor lifestyle, they might live to the ripe old age of 15 years.
There’s always something happening in the Calico Cat Mystery factory. This month we’ve taken advantage of, yet, another service offered by Amazon and we’ve created our first Calico Cat Mystery audio book. It’s available here, now.
We all wonder what our cat is thinking and sometimes we don’t really want to know. Some people believe that cats might actually have questions of their own and because of that, a day has been set aside for us to ponder that concept.
would be Olivia’s question and complaint.)
privileges they believe they deserve as king/queen of the household. It’s certainly a fun premise to consider
years ago this month by Edward Lowe who was in the sand and gravel business. But it was actually a woman who instigated the concept of using clay instead of sand in the litter box. This unnamed woman came to Mr. Lowe asking for something better than sand to use in her cat’s litter box. He sent her home with a bag of clay granules and the rest is history.
Olivia auditions for a part in a movie and ends up getting the cat-lead. At the same time she and Parker become involved in helping a commune of homeless people to manage a colony of homeless cats. Tensions run high and danger lurks near when someone sabotages their efforts to help the feral cats. Behind the scenes, Olivia rescues two helpless animals from a house fire and she disarms a gunman intent on killing Jag. Olivia is catnapped and she’s targeted by a sniper, but the show must go on and it does. This story has a surprise ending and Olivia has her paw in making it happen.
Have you ever stopped to wonder why humans are attracted to cats (or dogs or iguanas)? Is it a certain personality who falls in love with cats? There are those who believe our housecats remind us of wild cats—tigers, lions and cheetahs—and that’s the allure for some.
unpredictability of the cat—don’t you think so?
respond to us. Those of us who love our cats, certainly adore that part of having cats around. They give us head-butts, those long stares, comforting sounds, and cuddles.
Cats make us smile and feel good. You’ve probably read where there are actually health benefits to hanging around with cats.
40% more likely to die of a heart attack.
You missed it. Dress Your Pet Day was yesterday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it if you want to. But does your pet want to be dressed? Have you ever had a cat you could put a bonnet on or a shirt or a sun suit? Did you dress your cats as a child?
people who did and who took advantage of it. Why? I’m not sure, but I guess for fun. I have friends who dress their dogs and it is kind of cute. People but vests and pet coats on their animals in winter. And people strap harnesses and life jackets around their cats and dogs for safety while traveling or adventuring. I sat at a dinner table one year at the Cat 
Writers Association Conference across from a white rat on a harness and leash. That was one well-behaved tablemate.
