The Wisdom of Cats

Fred, my Fat Boy

2006-04-02T00:48:00.000-08:00

Fred's Foto

2006-03-26T17:50:00.000-08:00

I got a bright ideal one day to have my pictures taken with all my loves . . . yes, I mean my cats.

I started out with my easy one first, Bart, and he was a ham. Next came Max because he was getting old. Sure enough he gave me a tussle, the picture came out nice though.

Then came AJ, and yes that is his name. Long story we won't go into (let's just say within 3 weeks of his joining our family, we didn't have one curtain left in the house).

It took me two years to get up enough courage to take a picture with Freddy. He showed up at my doorstep one day after I lost Max to old age. The scrawny orange cat was hungry so I fed him with promises that he would never work his way into my house.

Well, he moved in and started eating me out of house and home. He was skinny, but now he is fat. Well let say plump. But back to my having his and my picture taken . . . I took him into work where we were having the photo sessions. Mind you, in his cage, because he is a spooky cat. He was happy as a lark being in the cage, but all hell broke loose when I opened the cage door. Out Fred plopped and he took off in a dead run--all over the school with me and my husband hot on his heels.

Fred went a tearing through the building. We finally got him cornered and carried him back to the cameras. This is a feat in itself because he weighs close 25 pounds. We got the picture taken and it is beautiful.

But I can't find my small picture of him so here is a picture of Fred in the sink when he first moved in. By the way, he does not fit in the sink now but he is still my baby boy.

Buy My Sister's Stories or I'll Sic Freddy On You!

2006-01-13T21:35:00.000-08:00

NO LAW AGAINST LOVE is available now!

My sister wrote two stories in this anthology of short stories based on silly laws around the world.

Faery Good Advice is based on a law in Auburn, Washington, that prohibits a man from deflowering virgins regardless of her marital status or face up to five years in jail. So Keely, an upstart faery who wanted to try her luck in human world, has a travel service where she specializes in transporting brides out of the Virgin Protection Zone.

I'm designing cute little packets to hold Keely's Faery Good Bath Salts made by Mercedes. These packets will be given to booksellers and other lucky people in a contest held during my sister's booksigning at:

Hastings Books, Music, & Video
10539 W. Overland Road, Boise, ID
March 25

Her second story is Single Girls Can't Jump based on a Florida law that prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday. Shelley Clark organizes a jump to protest the silly law, but lands in 3006! The police are after her and a drop-dead gorgeous hunk of man busts her (oh, and his mother) out of jail. Can the freedom-loving Shelley resist a man who wants to corral her in marriage?

All profits go to the American Cancer Society earmarked for breast cancer research.

Meow!
Idaho Cat Lady

Starting 2006 the Right Way!

2006-01-02T21:57:00.000-08:00

What a great time this is--a new year full of hope! All the misery of last year is gone and together we can work to make 2006 a time of peace and prosperity for us all.

I'll have news to post soon: mainly that my sister, Jacquie Rogers, will have two stories in an anthology titled NO LAW AGAINST LOVE published by Highland Press. You can meet one of her characters, Keely, at her own blog.

Meantime, I'll be feeding Head Start children and giving my husband, cats (AJ, Bart, and Freddy), and dog (Squeaker, a Chihuahua/rat terrier mix) a hard time. The picture is me holding AJ. He's very beautiful and he knows it. I'm his person and he makes sure I know it. He's getting up in the years but is still in good health and is full of p*ss and vinegar.

Later!
Idaho Cat Lady