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Egyptian Cats, According to Herodotus

Have you heard about how ancient Egyptians shaved their
eyebrows when the house’s cat died? Ever wondered how we know that? Today we’re
going to tell you, by taking a quick look at what Herodotus, a Greek who lived
in the 5th century BC, had to say on the Egyptians and their cats.




Photo via Adobe Stock.


Herodotus who?

Herodotus was a Greek born in ancient Halicarnassus (modern

Cat of the Week: Iysis

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 are pleased to introduce Iysis. She is an 8-year-old ladycat with lovely gray and white coloring.

Book Review: Magick Run Amok

On this Mysterious Monday, we are thrilled to bring you our
review of the latest book in the Abracadabra mystery series by Sharon Pape. Magick Run Amok keeps this fun series going
with a perplexing series of murders, a little magic, a famous sorcerer who’s
seriously in the wrong time zone, and of course a clowder of cats.



The plot



We return to New Camel, New York, and meet up with

Sunday Selfie with Layla

Sometimes, Resident Dog Layla feels left out of the blogging fun. So this week old SoLT said she could do the Sunday Selfie. This is only fair since it was Layla, not the Real Cats, who helped read CatStronauts: Robot Rescue for our most recent book review. Here she is hard at work:





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Caturday Art: Paisley Repurposes a Selfie

What do you do when you need something for Caturday Art in a hurry? Why, you take your most recent Sunday Selfie and use a couple LunaPic effects on it!




For the record, this is the Tattoo art effect at about 50% (old SoLT forgot to write down the exact number) and the Landscape art effect at 15% (because what's LunaPic art without a little Landscape effect?).

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Words with Webster: Cat, Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

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



Words with Webster




Hi, everybody! It’s me, Real Cat Webster. Welcome to Words
with Me. Today’s word is “cat.” Finally! I have been promising to do this word
for a while now, and this week Mommy said we could do it. I don’t know

Jimmy the Cat: Mascot of the HMS Renown

Some cats get around more than others, and Jimmy the cat, a fluffy, light-colored fellow who lived during World War I, had experiences on land and sea that most of us
can’t imagine.



Jimmy “transfers” from land to sea


This pastel drawing of Jimmy was done by Georgina Shaw Baker.National Maritime Museum, Greenwhich, London. [CC BY-NC-SA].



We’re not sure where he started life, but

Cat of the Week: China

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 are excited to introduce the lovely little China. She is a 13-year-old lilac Tonkinese mix. China

Book Review: CatStronauts: Robot Rescue

Today we are pleased to bring you our review of the fourth
book in Drew Brockington’s CatStronauts series: Robot Rescue. We love this series of graphic novels in which cats
explore space, and Robot Rescue may
be our favorite so far.



In this volume, Cat-Stro-Bot—a robot created by Blanket the
cat—is on the surface of Europa constructing a drill to search for water, and
possibly life. All

Sunday Selfie: Paisley Supervises

This week's Sunday Selfie captures Real Cat Paisley hard at work on her previous week's selfie. Really, nothing would get done around here without a tortie to supervise!





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