Daily Photo
Friday Four and More: All Lined Up for the Senior Lunch Special, July 2, 2022
Because I’ve been missing my Friday Four and More posts for the past month or so with vendor events and
Daily Sketch
Featured Daily Sketch: Fingerpainting Mewsette, July 5, 2014
From 2014: I’m working on a fairly large landscape that is mainly greens*. Mewsette is sleeping on my chair since
Featured Artwork
A Little Bit of Otherworldly Magic: I’ll Be Seeing You
CAN THE SUBJECT of a painting communicate through his image? One of the dearest stories from any of my portraits
Commissioned Artwork
A Little Bit of Otherworldly Magic: I’ll Be Seeing You
CAN THE SUBJECT of a painting communicate through his image? One of the dearest stories from any of my portraits
Marketplace
Marketplace: A Baker’s Dozen New Keepsake Boxes
I discovered that one of my cousins worked for a cigar shop and asked him about cigar boxes, showing him
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
A Couple of Reminders for Me
Don’t worry, Hamlet’s okay. But a little herpes flare-up this weekend brought a few reminders of other cats the past
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
A Little Bit of Otherworldly Magic: I’ll Be Seeing You
CAN THE SUBJECT of a painting communicate through his image? One of the dearest stories from any of my portraits
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
A Couple of Reminders for Me
Don’t worry, Hamlet’s okay. But a little herpes flare-up this weekend brought a few reminders of other cats the past
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