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Pet Blogger Bloopers Roundup and Friendly Fill-Ins for November 11

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!)





This month we decided to try something a little different and share this video of Real

Book Review: A Pair of Books on New York Cats

We have been pleased to have a pair of excellent books about
cats in New York City cross our desk recently. New York is one of the world’s
great cities, so you would expect it to have great cats. If the felines in Matilda the Algonquin Cat and Shop
Cats of New York are any indication, New York cats are great indeed!





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Cats of the Week: Shadow and Tiger in Washington, DC

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’re introducing two great cats: Shadow and Tiger. No, you’re not seeing
double.

Book Review: High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides

On this Mysterious Monday, we are pleased to bring you our
review of High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and
Homicides, the latest Happy Hoofers mystery by Mary McHugh. This is book 5
in the series, which sends a group of dancing friends around the world
strutting their stuff—and solving mysteries along the way.



Mary Louise has some problems

One of the Happy Hoofers is Mary Louise, and Mary Louise

Caturday Art: Webster Feels November

For Athena's Caturday Art blog hop today, we offer this creation by old SoLT. Don't even dream of asking her how she did this, because she made it several weeks ago and can't find her notes. Let's just say it involved a lot of Pic Monkey, Illustrator, and Pic Monkey again. It reminds us of November, so we have saved it for this week.






And here's the original photo of Webster resting among

Words with Webster and Friendly Fill-Ins for November 4

Words with Webster: Vibrissa





Real Cat Webster is all aquiver (you might even say he’s vibrating—and yes, this is a joke) over
the cat-related word he has dug up for this edition of “Words with Webster.”
The word is vibrissa (plural vibrissae), and according to Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, it means “any of the stiff hairs that are
located on the face and especially about the

Miss Cuddlywumps Converses: with Oliver of the Oliver Poons Children’s Company

Oliver the cat, the inspiration behind Oliver Poons and the
Oliver Poons Children's Company. What a handsome boy! No
wonder he inspired a whole company.

  Welcome to this
edition of “Miss Cuddlywumps Converses.” Today I’m excited to be speaking with
Oliver, the feline inspiration behind the character Oliver Poons of the Oliver
Poons Children’s Company and #YellowHatsforCats.



Hello, Oliver,

Cat of the Week: Sweet Tart 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, please meet Ms. Sweet Tart, an 8-year-old lady in
need of a new home. Sweet Tart has

Cat Classics on Film: The Leopard Man (1943)

For this first edition of “Cat Classics on Film,” and just in time for Halloween, we review The Leopard Man, an RKO picture from
1943, starring Dennis O’Keefe and Jean Brooks and directed by Jacques Tourneur.



The story (contains spoilers!)

Imagine the sound of castanets. The clickety-clickety-clickety
that is kind of nice for a song or two but gets on your nerves after a while.
Well,

Caturday Art: Happy Halloween

If it's Caturday, it's time for the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by Athena. This week, old SoLT played with a picture of Paisley in PicMonkey to make a Halloween card. She wanted to keep it kind of simple, so she only used a couple of effects. Well, she started out using only a couple, but then she found the spiders and witch's hat and all sorts of other things. I drew the line at pumpkins and