{"id":211,"date":"2010-05-17T05:42:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=211"},"modified":"2010-05-17T05:43:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:43:01","slug":"211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Book Signing for Catscapades"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lily

Lily posing with our poster<\/p><\/div>\n

Lily and I are looking forward to our debut book signing at Noah\u2019s Apothecary in Ojai, CA Saturday, May 22 from 1-3 pm. I thought about taking Lily with me\u2014she is a great ambassador for the book. But I decided that she is better off at home where it is quiet, there are no nosey dogs and people aren\u2019t poking their fingers into her pen trying to touch her soft plush fur. <\/p>\n

So I\u2019ll be going it alone at the signing table greeting guests and talking about Catscapades, True Cat Tales<\/em><\/strong>, which includes stories about our newest addition, Lily, as well as many other cats. <\/p>\n

A lot is happening fairly quickly with this book. Steve Dale featured it recently in his column, which seems to be syndicated everywhere\u2014I\u2019ve seen it in a St. Louis newspaper, one in San Diego; and another one in Gainesville, Florida, so far. The book is displayed at several pet and cat-related sites. The latest is Flippy\u2019s site in Melbourne, Australia. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m getting orders and so are Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Oh yes, I notice that the stores downtown that have the book for sale are also selling copies. <\/p>\n

I sold all the copies I had with me at a recent mini-class reunion\u2014we call it the Old Broads\u2019 Gathering. Several former classmates had their own cat stories. I\u2019m collecting stories for the sequel\u2014so send me yours, too. PLFry620@yhaoo.com <\/p>\n

Lily is old enough now to have her booster shots and we\u2019ve scheduled an appointment. She had such an awful reaction the last time we had shots, that I am going to request the antidote\u2014which I believe is something on the order of Benedril\u2014for allergic reactions. We used to request it for Winfield, our white odd-eye cat because his first experience with kitten shots was just awful. He was really, really sick. We had to rush him back to the veterinarian immediately upon returning home for a second shot and, still, he was sick, not eating, had a high temperature and seemed to be extremely sore to the touch for about 24 or 48 hours afterward. The vet assured us that if we had the antidote with the shots, he would not have another severe reaction. And this was true for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

Winfield died of cancer of the throat\/mouth at the age of 14. That\u2019s Winfield at the top of this blog page above little Lily\u2019s picture. <\/p>\n

Can’t make the signing? Order your book at http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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