Voice recognition mistake of the day: “Chicken throat and ignored the bizarre urge to fluff her hair.” (She cleared her throat ...)

That was from drafting Pride and Prejudice at the Cat Café. The book (number 7 in the series) is finished, but I'm still waiting on revisions for the cover art.

Here's what the artist sent me first (on right). I pointed out that these characters look too much like the characters on Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café. It's a series, but not with the same leads in each book!

Ugh, waiting on the revisions is a drag. 😾 Gimme now!

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It’s felt like spring in New Mexico – in other words, warm, chilly, cloudy, sunny, and on occasion incredibly windy. One of my friends saw "a flying, smiling crocodile" in the clouds here. Can you spot it? I often see figures in the clouds, but that one might be beyond my imagination.

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This picture of ferrets Bear Bear and Panda popped up in my Facebook memories. Does that look like a hug or a chokehold?

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I recently enjoyed The Whole Cat and Caboodle, by Sofie Ryan. My quick review: A smart mystery that gets going quickly. It has lots of quirky characters, lovely and loyal found family, and a clever cat.

Do you have favorite mysteries with cats? How about the Cat in the Stacks series with a librarian and a rescued Maine coon cat?

Or the Mysteries of Max series about a reporter and her feline detective, with over 80(!) books? Have you tried those or any others?

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Here's Bear Bear proving that he may be a senior gentleman but he still has some impressive yogi ferret moves.

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