Me at my happiest – surrounded by my beautiful furbabies – Zee, Zoey, Kizmet, Jazmine, Peanut, Rolz, and Mia.

It’s National Hug Your Cat Day and I find myself in an interesting spot. I love, love, love my cats and would hug them 27/7/365 if I could. But I’m now in a situation where unlike previous day jobs I’ve had that allowed me some flexibility, I’m working full-time and don’t have anywhere near the free time I used to. It is what it is… I have to pay the bills, but as a consequence, everything has taken a back burner – my ability to write blog posts with frequency, my ability to comment on other blogs, and my time with my cats. Read more

With me working on my next book about the weird and strange behaviors our cats have (as well as the weird habits we have as people for loving them) it’s given me lots of time to concentrate on funny cat stuff. That got me to thinking about what it would be like if cats had their own tabloid magazine like the National Enquirer!

Hope you enjoy my take on it! Have a wonderful weekend and if you care to submit your own “cat weird” for the book, please visit my submission post for details.

Thanks and I’ll see you on Monday to honor Memorial Day.

As a rescue cat, Jazmine knows how blessed she is to have a full belly every day. A warm bed to sleep in. A roof over her head and lots of toys to play with. If she’s sick, she can get medication, and she’ll never have to worry about someone taking care of her. But there are lots of children in this world that aren’t nearly as lucky and they need your help. That’s what Red Nose Day is all about – a global effort to help raise money, spread awareness, and yes, even laugh and have fun while doing it.

Or as the #RedNoseDay people say it, it’s time to get seriously silly about creating some change. Honestly, anyone can help – if you work in an office, for example, a single dollar donated by every employee could go a long way. It’s true – $1 provides a meal for a child living in a shelter, $5 provides antibiotics to treat a child with pneumonia or medical supplies for a doctor’s visit on a mobile clinic. $4 will provide an anti-malarial net to protect a mother and her baby, and $15 could keep a child safe, sheltered and off the street for a week.

Get creative and have fun with the fundraising – stop by the Red Nose site for all kinds of ideas and ways you can help make a difference. Jazmine and I are going to donate and we hope you will too!

Every cat deserves his or her day in the sun!! Bring on the weird and it could happen for yours!

If cats live seven years to our one, does that mean when it comes to their 15 minutes of fame, they actually get 105? I ponder weird things like that, which is probably why I’m so excited about my upcoming book about the weird, strange, and silly habits/behaviors of cats, along with the weird, strange, and silly habits/behaviors of the humans who love them. If you’d like your cat to have his or her 105 minutes of fame, this is the last chance to submit entries for possible consideration in the book! Read more

As an ambassador for BlogPaws 2016, I’ve learned there is a difference between personal blogging and blogging for business.

For those of us that blog, we do it for a variety of reasons and with a variety of styles. For some, it’s strictly a hobby or method of communication with no intention of monetization or using it for business purposes. Blogging for the pure joy of blogging with no strings attached. For others, it’s not only a method of expression (which can run the gambit from educational and informative to humorous and entertaining), but a vehicle to generate income and a professional career. Read more