
We’re supposed to get our first snow of the season tonight into tomorrow, and I feel like a little kid, I’m so excited! As winters are getting warmer and warmer every year, our area rarely gets decent snow anymore.
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We’re supposed to get our first snow of the season tonight into tomorrow, and I feel like a little kid, I’m so excited! As winters are getting warmer and warmer every year, our area rarely gets decent snow anymore.
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I have one 2025 Purrs of Wisdom Wall Calendar left in my personal inventory, and I’m going to give it away to one lucky reader. To my knowledge, this is still the only calendar on the market that exclusively features tortoiseshell cats! As is the case every year, Allegra helped me pick out the photos.Continue Reading


I love the week between Christmas and New Year’s. The pace of life seems to slow down just a little bit, most people still retain a little of the magic of Christmas, and it’s a perfect time for reflection. The Norwegians actually have a name for this week: “romjula.” According to the Norwegian Language Blog, “rom” means ”room” or ”space.” Romjula is the ”space” between jul (Christmas) and nyttår (New Year). Continue Reading

Sometimes, the simplest cat toys are the best. There was no question that Silly Stix would be our product of the year, because Allegra plays with hers every single day. Who would think that a simple paper straw filled with silvervine would provide hours of entertainment!Continue Reading


I’ve always loved Clement Clarke Moore’s poem The Night Before Christmas. Over the years, there have been many cat versions of the poem out there, but none better than the one dictated to Harry Shubin by the Ghost of Catmas Future on a dark winter night.Continue Reading

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This year’s choice for Book of the Year was an easy one: of all the cat books I’ve read over the years, no other book has touched me as deeply as Caleb Carr’s My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me.Continue Reading

Today marks the fifth anniversary of Ruby’s passing. In some ways, it seems like it was only yesterday that my spirited girl was still with me. In other ways, it seems like she’s been gone for a very long time.Continue Reading

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