Daily Photo
Daily Photo: Live Streaming Wildlife Programming
I’m aware that random photos aren’t showing in my posts right now, including this new one, and I’m not sure
Daily Sketch
Featured Daily Sketch: Happy Slapfest, June 20, 2012
From 2012: Pow! Right in the kisser! Bean lands a good one on Giuseppe’s nose. Nothing serious, just a slapfest. Their little
Featured Artwork
Featured Artwork: “Orange Boy,” Pastel, 1993
This is an early pastel, and pretty small, an experiment in working loose, painted from a photoI took of a
Commissioned Artwork
Commissioned Portrait: Cameo
I have painted multiple portraits for this couple since we met in 1993, but I’ve never featured Cameo, the second
Marketplace
Marketplace: 10 New Feline Garden Flag Designs
I’ve had the idea to add new designs to my feline garden flags for the past few years and so
Poetry
Random Things in My Bathrobe Pocket
Poem: Random Things in My Bathrobe Pocket Random things in my bathrobe pocket a partially-used packet of fortiflora carefully folded
Creating With Cats
Creating With Cats: We Are Featured By Mollie Hunt
Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries author and CWA member Mollie Hunt “interviewed” us as part of her series of articles “Who
Book Reviews
Book Review: Heavenly Headbutts by Allia Zobel Nolan
Allia gives us many reasons to believe we may just be able to spend eternity with our feline companions. Allia
Daily Feature
Commissioned Portrait: Cameo
I have painted multiple portraits for this couple since we met in 1993, but I’ve never featured Cameo, the second
TNR and Advocacy
Take It From The Cat Herself: Mimi’s 30 Reasons to Spay Your Cat (and Neuter Guys Too)
While this isn’t technically a rescue story I’ve personally rescued dozens of kittens from oops litters and their moms. Mimi
Rescue Story
Rescue Story: Two Big Kitties Left Behind
I shared Shadow and Cleo’s story in June 2025, and their rescuer Jan and I have talked to many rescues
Health and Welfare
Caregiver Burden and Our Animal Companions, Spring 2026 PetConnections Magazine
Diagnosis and care for our cats with chronic and end-of-life conditions has expanded along with our knowledge and experience of
Pet Loss
Mimi’s Homegrown Catnip
Mimi’s Homegrown Catnip is really putting on a show in the front yard this year! All the tall things with
Living Green With Pets
Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Pumpkin! For Your Pets and You
Pumpkins have appeared! September and October are perfect months to shop for pumpkins and other winter squash. Get some fresh
Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: It’s the Great Backyard Bird Count!
IT’S THE WEEKEND for the Great Backyard Bird Count, one of the largest citizen-science projects for species tracking in the
Essays
Featured Daily Sketch: A Tangle of Cats at the Door, 2012, and a 2014 Calendar
From 2012: Back to good old drawing pencil, my first and favorite medium. Not that they’d all keep still while
Recalls
L.I.D. Green Pea & Chicken Dry Cat Formula Voluntary Recall
Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls L.I.D. Green Pea & Chicken Dry Cat Formula for Possible Salmonella Contamination Company
Press Releases
TNR Webinar: How to Build a TNR Movement, February 21, 2026
If your TNR program is effective but under-recognized—or if you’re carrying too much of the work on too few shoulders—the How
Sponsored Posts
GetYourPet.com: Rehome a Pet, Adopt a Pet, Home to Home
To help take the burden off overcrowded shelters by keeping pets in their homes while up for adoption, a group