Guest post by Camilla Björkbom Introduction from Liz: Camilla wrote me a few months ago and I was moved by what she had to say. She talked about her soul cat, Gizmo, and said my book helped her through her grief when she had to say goodbye to him. She mentioned that she wrote about her cat and loss for Animal […]
Happy holiday season, cat lover! I hope this message finds you and your furry family well! I have three cat-centered discoveries to share with you today. 1. Purr therapy: just in case your holidays aren’t always 100% happy… If your life is anything like mine (aka, you’re human), the holidays don’t look like a Christmas movie every […]
Guest post by Rhiannon Hutchinson When I first brought Pyewacket, a 10-year old tortoiseshell cat, home from the local shelter, she wandered screaming through the house every night before bedtime. Four years later, she was still doing that—and meowing loudly when I come home, before and after using her litter box, and whenever I go near the […]
BEFORE I BECAME MORE KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT CATS, as much as I loved them, I too would joke about their “fickle” shows of interest/disinterest in their humans. But, my perspective has changed and I would love to see our culture stop stereotyping cats as arrogant, disinterested, or having a “split personality.” Let me explain… (Of course, this […]
Pyewacket is a 15-year-old kitty who developed diabetes around age 10. This cute little tortie is doing fine now, but this wasn’t always the case. Her human, Rhiannon, wrote me to share a cautionary tale she thought other cat caretakers would benefit from. She was very generous to come forward and I agreed that we […]