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Book Review: Mrs. Odboddy: Hometown Patriot

On this Mysterious Monday, we are pleased to introduce to
you “a WWII tale of chicks and chicanery, suspicion and spies,” by Elaine Faber.
The book is called Mrs. Odboddy: Hometown
Patriot, and it is the first in a series that promises to be a lot of fun.



Everything goes sideways for Agnes Odboddy

We first meet Agnes Odboddy in a Red Cross Knitting Class,
where…well, let’s just say she’s

Sunday Selfie: Real Cat Paisley Takes a Catnap

Today we join the Sunday Selfies blog hop hosted by our friends at The Cat on My Head. Real Cat Paisley was finally still enough for long enough in a good enough place that old SoLT could get a good picture of her with her Christmas flower from Barks a lot Bowtique.

Caturday Art: Merry Christmas 2016!

Today we join Athena's Caturday Art blog hop with a Christmas wish from all of us to all of you.

App Review: Mimitos! Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

Mimitos screenshot. You can dress your cat indifferent hats, shirts, and jackets.They even have earrings.So cute!


Today’s app review would have come to you weeks ago, but old
SoLT has been so busy playing the game, she hasn’t had time to help me write
this post. Finally I have torn her away from it long enough to set down some of
our thoughts on the app Mimitos.



The main game

Your task

Review: Music for Cats

Ever wondered what kind of music cats would listen to if
only you’d let them work the radio dial? (And by the way, remember radio
dials?) Well, composer David Teie did. In fact, Teie has a whole theory about
how different animals can appreciate music. It all has to do with the sounds
each animal would have heard when they were babies. For cats, that means purrs,
suckling sounds, perhaps birds

Cat of the Week: Henry in Baltimore

Each week in this space, we feature a senior cat in need of
adoption or sponsorship. Please remember all the older cats in shelters. They
make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the
curtains! Adopt a senior cat, and help him or her enjoy the best years of their
life.






Today, we’d like to introduce an awesome kitty named Henry.
Henry is a male who is 8 years

Our 6 Favorite Cat Cozy Mysteries of 2016

Before we actually sat down to put this post together, old
SoLT actually said, “Oh, this post will be so easy! We just pick our favorite
books!” What a fool she is. It’s so hard to choose favorites when we have
gotten to read so many good books. We have done our best though, and so we
present to you, in no particular order, our six favorites from among the cat
cozies we read in 2016. We're sure

Sunday Selfie: Webster Cleans Up

For this week's Sunday Selfie, Real Cat Webster wanted to share this evidence of his Saturday bath:




We enter this selfie in the Sunday Selfies blog hop hosted by our friends at The Cat on My Head.

Caturday Art: Tortie Troublemaker vs. Websterclaws

Today we join Athena's Caturday Art blog hop with an episode from the Adventures of Tortie Troublemaker. TT has just been given some very nice presents by a mysterious cat wearing a beard, mask and hat. Who is this fluffy stranger? Let's check in on the action!




Well, I guess she's not called Tortie Troublemaker for nothing.


Later that same day...

TT and Websterclaws encounter each other

Pet Blogger Bloopers Roundup and Friendly Fill-Ins for December 9

Pet Blogger Blooper

We have been having a lot of fun this year sharing She of Little Talent's awful photos on the Pet Blogger Bloopers Roundup, a blog hop hosted the second Friday of every month by The Lazy Pit Bull. (Finally, a pet blogging event celebrating pure ineptitude—old SoLT has been waiting her whole life for this!)



We have been holding the following picture of Real Cat Webster