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Ruby’s Reflections: sometimes a girl just needs a hug

Hi everyone, it’s Ruby! Today, I want to tell you about hugging.I just discovered it, and it’s so nice! Well, I guess I didn’t just discover it: Mom hugs me all the time. But until recently, I’ve never hugged her back. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when she hugs me. I purr, and rub my face against her arms, and sometimes, I get so excited from being hugged, I roll over on my back. But in all that time, I never tried hugging her back.

Until last week. I was sitting on Mom’s lap while she was wo...

Join me for a New York City Christmas

There’s nothing better than New York City at Christmas time. I love New York at any time of the year, but during the holidays, the city takes on a magic that you just can’t find anywhere else in the world. And this year, I get to be a part of the magic that is New York at Christmas time: I’ll be the guest of digital artist Deborah Julian at her booth at the Columbus Circle Holiday Market on December 19 from 1 to 8pm.

The Christmas card above is just one of the many beautiful pieces Deborah sel...

Holiday stress and your cats

The holidays are meant to be a joyful time, but for many of us, they’ve turned into a stressful race to an imaginary finish line. Between parties, baking, shopping, and entertaining, there always seems to be one more thing that needs to get done. And all of this holiday stress affects our cats, too.

Cats are creatures of habit and don’t like to have their routines disrupted. They also pick up on our stress, and your stress can actually make your cat sick. I highly recommend managing your own s...

Conscious Cat Sunday: Embrace the season

Guest post by Angie Bailey

In Minnesota, it’s officially cold outside and the holiday season is in full swing. This time of year, I sometimes find myself complaining about the frigid temperatures and stressing about my massive Christmas card list, buying the perfect gifts, and baking 120 dozen treats. OK, I’m exaggerating a bit about the treats, but you get the point. Meanwhile, my cats leisurely nap under the tree, snuggle in cozy blankets and romp in and out of gift boxes. What’s wrong with...

True Grey winner

Congratulations, Patricia Bugg! You’re the winner of an autographed copy of True Grey by Clea Simon!

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Allegra and Ruby love their Moderncat Puzzle Pieces

Allegra and Ruby got a nice surprise in the mail the other day: Kate fromModerncat Studios sent us some of their new Puzzle Pieces! The girls are big fans of Moderncat toys, and I expected that these would be a hit as well.

As soon as I took them out of the sleeve they came in, the girls both went to investigate at the same time. After a brief nose tap over the new toys that looks more like a hockeyface off in this picture, they went to work and thoroughly tested them.

They both had a blast. Be...

Cat Caller pet locator winner

Congratulations, Kyle! You’re the winner of a Cat Caller pet locator and training device!

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Review and giveaway: It’s a Cat’s Life by Howie Bingham

Scrapbooking has gone to the cats! It’s a Cat’s Life is an interactive book that chronicles the life of your cat, from personality to behavior, background to medical history, memories of special times, and everything in between.

This beautifully designed book is organized in a three-ring binder, which includes pages to write about your personal journey with your cat. There are places to insert photos of your cat, list favorite foods and activities, and more. There are sections for cat sitters...

Giveaway: Cat lover’s package from Bumperpet

BumperPet was founded on the idea that products for pet lovers should express the excitement people feel for their own four-legged friends. Their fun and funky tees, prints, magnets and decals are all designed and manufactured in Chicago, IL. The best part? They donate a portion of every retail sale to animal rescues.

Bumperpet has offered up a cat lover’s package for one lucky winner. The package includes:

1 Dry Erase Decal

1 Cat Print

1 I love my cat magnet

1 Cat Cutout Magnet

These items make gr...

The Cat Lecturer

Guest post by Clea Simon

When I thought about what to blog about forThe Conscious Catthis time, I thought I’d talk about writing. You know, a very specific kind of “this is what I do, and this is how I do it” blog. And I meant to – I really meant to – only as I started to draft some kind of introduction –I got yelled at by my cat.

I’m not sure what I did exactly. It wasn’t food related, of that I’m sure. People who don’t live with cats – maybe people who don’t live with any animals at all – ten...