A sleeping orange tabby curled up in a furry brown blanket.

Wordless Wednesday: Contentment

Every once in a while my cat does something that perfectly illustrates the meaning of a word. It’s his superpower. This week, the word he chose was contentment.

orange tabby "sharing" a lap with an iPad in a keyboard case.

So I sat down today to do a bit of blogging for the first time in almost a month…

And then this happened. Man, it’s hard to type this way. But to bring you up quickly to date… blogging has been light in part because…

Wordless Wednesday: Sailboat off Treasure Island

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Wordless Wednesday: Mood Alert

The Eleven-Year-Old has officially started the last month of fifth grade. The entire house is pretty much feeling it. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles

Merry Christmas, from all of us at Caterpickles Central

May your Cat TV be merry and bright this holiday season! Thanks for spending time with us at Caterpickles this year. Related Links: More Christmas posts…

“Can cats smell stress?”

One afternoon after a rough day at school, The Ten-Year-Old tried to calm herself down by picking Canelo up for a hug. He was having none of it. The Ten-Year-Old was disappointed when Canelo ran off instead of giving her the reassuring head-bonk she was looking for, but as always, her curiosity won out. “Mommyo, can cats smell stress?”

“Did Isaac Newton invent the cat door?”

During a recent bout of Family Togetherness While Reading Different Books Time, my ten-year-old daughter had her mind blown by a passage in Amazing Cat Facts. “Whoa, guys, it says here that Isaac Newton invented the cat door.” For once, I was dubious. So I set aside my book and surreptitiously double-checked the story on my iPhone. Did Isaac Newton really invent the cat door?

Wordless Wednesday: Whatcha doing, CatMom?

In which Canelo’s curiosity gets the better of me.

Caterpickles Cleans House, Part 5

How did grapefruit get their name? Why do cats have three eyelids? And why are they called wisdom teeth anyway? Today I answer multiple questions briefly in the hopes of clearing the decks a bit before summer.