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To spay or not to spay?

Seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it? With millions of perfectly fine, healthy and loveable animals literally dying for want of a good home, spaying and neutering only makes sense. But should spaying and neutering be mandatory? That's an argument that's raging in the...

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The planned extermination of pets?

What follows is a guest blog by Diana Engelbart, a retired breeder of Birmans. She's also a co-founder of Birman Rescue and former treasurer of CFA Purebred Rescue and serves as a state coordinator for the Winn Feline Foundation. Do you think she makes the case? Let...

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Six months and counting

Much as it amazes me, Cries and Whiskers, my third Theda Krakow mystery, is actually available for pre-order!Note that this version has the older cover...

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The Sopranos finale

SPOILER ALERT!I'm trying not to give anything away (that hasn't already been all over the media), but still...SPOILER ALERT!OK, I confess - at first I found it maddening (my first email to a friend and fellow addict read simply: ARGGGHH!!!). But in retrospect, I think...

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The real Musetta

Yes, that is the real Musetta at left on the cover of "Cries and Whiskers," which will pub in December. The cover designer (the lovely and talented Geoffrey Boyarsky) asked for any snaps I had of my cat, the model for my heroine's cat in the Theda Krakow mystery...

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oh brave new world!

Seven and a half years late, I've joined the new millennium. I hope to post here fairly often about, well, about the above topics. Why not?

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