green cards

I'd like to share with you a really simple way to make a difference in this world. Ready?  All you have to do is sign up to send free holiday eCards through Care2.com. It's that simple!  Whenever you send a free eCard to your loved-ones, Care2.com will make a free donation in your honor to support a great cause like saving the rainforest or protecting endangered species.  

Go on! Get your free christmas cards here!

tugging on my heartstrings

A few months back, I met Faegan---an 18 year-old homeless tom who had to beg in the streets of San Francisco with his human just to be able to afford some cat food.   I wonder how they're doing these days.  

If I could, I would go out and adopt all the homeless cats in the world!  CC herself was rescued from the streets one cold and rainy night by a friend.  I believe that anyone who's planning on keeping a pet should really consider adoption.  I guarantee that it will bring you unspeakable joy, and even luck, according to some cultures.  

There's a multitude of cat adoption sites out there sponsored by pet supply superstores, pet food manufacturers, your local animal welfare society, and some volunteer groups.  Check out the homeless cat network and be sure to visit Peter's blog.  

delightful mystery novels for cat-fanciers

Nothing beats reading a good book on a rainy evening with a cat or more around you. CC and company absolutely look forward to these nights when I'd read out loud to them. Their author of choice is Lilian Jackson Braun, The Lady Who...wrote "The Cat Who..." series of mystery novels.

If you're a cat lover, you'll surely relate to the charming antics of Koko and Yum Yum, a pair of Siamese who have their human, Jim Qwilleran, a well-respected, middle-aged journalist and local town luminary, wrapped around their little fingers, I mean, paws.

I got hooked soon after I read my first TCW---"The Cat Who Could Read Backwards." Then through the years my collection of books grew and I still couldn't get enough of LJB's spirited, breezy style of writing. I definitely have a lot of books still missing from my collection!

Interested in starting your own collection? Check out Borders or Barnes & Noble.

Word is her 30th TCW, "The Cat Who Smelled Smoke," will be out in 2009. You know who will be raiding the bookstores!

The Cat Who...
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966) The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1967) The Cat Who Turned on and Off (1968) The Cat Who Saw Red (1986) The Cat Who Played Brahms (1987) The Cat Who Played Post Office (1987) The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988) The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (1988) The Cat Who Went Underground (1989) The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (1990) The Cat Who Lived High (1990) The Cat Who Knew A Cardinal (1991) The Cat Who Moved A Mountain (1992) The Cat Who Wasn't There (1992) The Cat Who Went Into the Closet (1993) The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994) The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1995) The Cat Who Said Cheese (1996) The Cat Who Tailed A Thief (1997) The Cat Who Sang for the Birds (1998) The Cat Who Saw Stars (1999) The Cat Who Robbed A Bank (2000) The Cat Who Smelled A Rat (2001) The Cat Who Went Up The Creek (2002) The Cat Who Brought Down The House (2003) The Cat Who Talked Turkey (2004) The Cat Who Went Bananas (2004) The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (2006) The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007) The Cat Who Smelled Smoke (2009)

Other books by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (1988) The Cat Who Put Four in a Box (1999) The Private Life of the Cat Who...: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum from theJournals of James MacKintosh Qwilleran (2003) Two Cats, Three Tales (2006) Short & Tall Tales: Moose County LegendsCollected by James Mackintosh Qwilleran (2002) Mystery Cats (1989) More Mystery Cats (1993) Mystery Cats III: More Feline Felonies (1995)