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Announcing Important Dates for The Mythmakers

Here's a sneak preview of an early draft of the cover of The Mythmakers.






Old SoLT and I have been hard at work on the latest book in
the Miss Cuddlywumps Investigates series, and we are finally ready to announce
some Dates When Things Will Happen.  We
have arbitrarily decided to make things happen on the 15th day of each of the three
coming months, as follows:

September 15, 2017: The

Cat of the Week: Starlord in Baltimore

Each week in this space, we feature an older adult or senior cat (7 years +) in need of adoption or sponsorship. Mature cats make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the curtains! Adopt an older cat, and help them enjoy the best years of their life!






This week, we are excited to introduce Starlord. He is a 12-year-old large black Domestic Shorthair/Mix. His

Remembering Miss Darya

Today is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, and we are taking a quiet moment to remember old SoLT's companion of 18 years, the spunky, feisty tabby cat named Miss Darya.






Darya was adopted from a shelter. With old SoLT, she had quite the adventurous life. She enjoyed catching crickets at night and letting them loose in the bed, and once she caught a mouse and let it loose in the bed. (Old SoLT

Sunday Selfie: No We Won't Look at the Camera!

Sometimes you get a great idea for Sunday Selfie, but it doesn't quite work out. Like this week, when old SoLT found both of the Real Cats on the cat tree at the same time (kind of a rare occurrence). She thought it would make such a cute selfie, but here's what really happened:



"Hey, guys, let's take a picture for Sunday Selfie! Look this way!"





"No, guys. Look this way. Over here!"

Caturday Art: Not a Cat

We have done a rare thing in our Caturday Art this week. We have used a picture of a ... (cough) ... dog. This is because today is National Dog Day, and Layla the Resident Dog has been begging and begging and begging (you know how dogs are) to please, please, please (ahem) be on the blog today. So here she is:




Old SoLT took a photo of Layla from last July 4th and applied the Daisies effect in

Words with Webster: Meow, Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

We have two fun Friday features for you today. First up is
Real Cat Webster, who has a real cat word to share. After that, it’s on to Friendly
Fill-Ins!



Words with Webster


Hi, everybody! It’s me, Real Cat Webster, welcoming you to
Words with Me. I think I picked a really good word this week. It’s one that we
all know and use a whole lot: "meow." I’m pretty sure we all know what a meow is,

Cat Classics on Film: The Cat Returns

We don’t watch much anime, but we do make an exception for
movies with cats in them, like The Cat
Returns, a Studio Ghibli production originally released in 2002 in Japan as
Neko no ongaeshi. We found that this
film has plenty of delightful moments and some pretty good characters—and all
the best characters are cats.



The plot



The movie opens with this quote:

If you find yourself

Cat of the Week: Cinnamon in Baltimore

Each week in this space, we feature
an older adult or senior cat (7 years +) in need of adoption or sponsorship. Mature
cats make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the
curtains! Adopt an older cat, and help them enjoy the best years of their life!






Today we’d like you to meet Cinnamon, a 7-year-old female Maine Coon/Mix. As you can see, Cinnamon is a

Book Review: Cat About Town

On this Mysterious Monday, we bring you our review of a
page-turning series debut by Cate Conte, whom you may also know as Liz Mugavero,
author of the Pawsitively Organic mysteries. The new series, Cat Café mysteries,
begins with Cat About Town, a book
with an excellent cat, a solid mystery, and some pretty good laughs.



The plot



First, I have to tell you that the description of the

Sunday Selfie: Real Cat Webster Plays Bridge

Yesterday, Real Cat Webster pretended to be a puma for our eclipse Caturday Art; today in his Sunday Selfie, he is playing bridge. Not the card game--he's pretending to be an actual bridge:




He is in the living room, bridging Side Table Gorge. Very brave, Webster!

Webs thought you might not be able to tell from the first selfie that he is actually a bridge, so he asked old SoLT to take this