I’ve journaled on and off throughout my life from the time I was a teenager, but for the last few years, I’ve been so busy with writing for magazines, my websites and various books that journaling fell off my radar. I recently started a daily journaling practice again, and now I don’t know how I did without it all these years.Continue Reading
Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2023
Giveaway: 20 Pounds of Darwin’s Raw Cat Food for Your Cat and 20 Pounds for Your Favorite Rescue
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When it comes to feeding your cat, the less processed her food is, the better it is for her health. A raw diet is the least processed of all feline diets, and raw feeding is becoming more and more mainstream as cat parents look for alternatives to highly processed pet foods. I’ve been feeding raw for the past ten years, and have seen all of my cats thrive on it. For the past six years, I’ve been feeding Darwin’s, and it has become a perennial favorite.Continue Reading
How To Keep Your Cat From Going Under the Bed (and Why You Should)
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Do you have a skittish cat who hides under the bed when something scares her? A cat’s natural instinct, when faced with something unknown, is to keep her distance and figure out whether this new thing is safe. For many cats, that means hiding under the bed.Continue Reading
Sunday Quotes: Beautiful Spring
We had an early spring here with lots of things already blooming, but now March is being fickle and it’s much colder again. I chose today’s image and quote to bring a little more spring into all our lives!
Kitten Kindergarten: The Benefits of Early Socialization and Training
Guest post by Laura Cassiday
With no questions last month, I decided to talk about kittens this month! It’s finally almost spring, and with spring comes lots and lots of kittens. I’m particularly excited for this year’s kitten season because I will be running a Kitten Kindergarten class at a local veterinary clinic. You might be asking, what the heck is Kitten Kindergarten? It sounds adorable, doesn’t it? It is. But it can be a game changer for new cat parents when it comes to starting their new kittens out on the right paw.Continue Reading
Review: Answers Raw Cat Food
Answers is a family owned pet food company based in Pennsylvania offering a humane, sustainable way of organic, pasture-raised farming that protects the food state, the environment, animals, and our pets’ well-being. Their Detailed™ Formula for Cats is a complete and balanced fermented raw wholefood diet, naturally high in protein, taurine, healthy fats, and moisture from raw pastured meat, organs, finely ground bone,and organic eggs, with naturally occurring essential vitamins and minerals.Continue Reading
Sunday Quotes: Control
I admit that I’m a bit of a control freak, and letting go of the illusion that I can control anything other than my own reaction to what happens is a challenge for me.Continue Reading
Review: Whiskers Abroad: Ashi and Audrey’s Adventures in Japan
Whiskers Abroad: Ashi and Audrey’s Adventures in Japan is one of the more unusual books I’ve reviewed. This travel and adventure fiction novel follows Audrey and her cat Ashi on a whirlwind trip through Japan. Continue Reading
Remembering Ruby: Her Special Way of Eating Treats
It’s been more than three years now that I had to let Ruby go, and I still miss her every day. I’m grateful I have eight years of Ruby’s Reflections on this site to comfort me and remind me of some of the cute things she did, and I love sharing the memories with you.Continue Reading
Raised Right Home-cooked Style Whole Food Recipes for Cats
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Raised Right is a family owned human-grade cat food company that works with veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker and pet food formulation expert Steve Brown to create “home cooked style” whole food recipes that are high in protein & low in carbs through using limited ingredients. All of their cat food recipes have less than 2% carbs. They do not use fillers like potato, rice, oats, yam, barley, or pasta.Continue Reading