The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Author Archives: Meryl Yourish
On Christian persecution in Muslim countries: Shut up, it’s still Israel’s fault
60 Minutes publishes a hatchet job on how Israel is supposedy driving out Christians, and utterly ignores stories like this one, where Egypt’s Muslims are persecuting Christians. An Egyptian court sentenced 12 Christians to life in prison and acquitted eight … Continue reading
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Monday, snarkly, briefly
Did you hear the one about Hamas moderating? Yeah, not so much. Unless by “moderation” you mean “willing to wait a few years to destroy Israel.” Yes, I know I already linked to the Forward interview, but Ynet’s behind the … Continue reading
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The perils of writing
Here I am, writing away, expecting to have a pretty uneventful day. I’m filling in the corners, or at least, that’s what I thought I was doing. But suddenly, instead of filling in a corner, I’ve written my hero into … Continue reading
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Sunday snarks
Really? An Austrian has the nerve to criticize a Jew? Really? The Austrian defense minister is criticizing Avigdor Lieberman’s place in Israel’s cabinet. This would be a man from the nation that in response to the revelation of Kurt Waldeim’s … Continue reading
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An Arabic Talmud?
A team of 90 Jordanian translators labored for six long years to translate the Talmud into Arabic. Of course, they missed a few spots. The Talmud translation has not maintained the classic look of the Gemara page, and commentary, such … Continue reading
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Israel Derangement Syndrome, in all of its glory
Really, can people be any more ridiculous on Israel? Why yes, yes they can. I often wonder why so many of its readers find the Morning Star so exasperating. Despite its condemnation of zionists (sic) it yet finds space to … Continue reading
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Friday they just want peace briefs
Sure, the Palestinians want to live in peace with Israel: That’s why they attacked the paramedics who arrived to help their women who got into an accident. Take note: The attackers were Arab Israelis who live in East Jerusalem. News … Continue reading
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The Starling Wars
Long-time readers will remember The Woodpecker Wars, wherein a woodpecker decided that my furnace vent was the most awesome tool in the world to hammer out a tune to attract a mate, and affected my sleeping patterns for quite some … Continue reading
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Thursday morning briefs
(Let’s hope this time I remember to hit the publish button.) Yeah, but there are still no new elections, are there: The Palestinians are shuffling cabinet members around, and yet, their elections are what, more than two years overdue? But … Continue reading
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Writing update
The novel continues apace. I’m past 57,000 words and coming into the home stretch. I’m at the point now where it isn’t word count so much as filling in the spots that I leaped over while writing earlier. I finally … Continue reading
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Tuesday, briefly
Those wily Jews are using migratory birds to spy on their enemies: Yeah, Israel Derangement Syndrome is in full swing. The Turks report they’ve found the Mossad’s latest secret weapon: A bird with big nostrils. Because it was banded in … Continue reading
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Monday back home briefs
But the refusal of Palestinians to negotiate does not: The EU says settlements hinder peace. Meryl says: FU EU. World’s largest open-air prison now exports clothing: See title. Faster, please: They stopped drilling in Leviathan. Another year Israel has to … Continue reading
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Always, the anti-Israel bias
Just in case you thought the AP might be reforming: Of course not. Look what it reports as the Palestinian preconditions to peace talks with Israel: Israeli media reported that Israel had called for renewed peace talks without preconditions. Palestinians … Continue reading
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Travel day
It’s open thread time. Discuss the pros and cons of having an eleven-year-old Jeep with 171,000 miles on it and taking it regularly on trips from Virginia to NJ. All I can say is, if your engine light is going … Continue reading
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What the AP leaves out of its news on Israel
Once again, the whitewashing of Israel’s enemies is front and center in the AP narrative. While Reuters managed to at least mention, deeply buried that it is, that both Egyptian presidential candidates want to “review” the peace treaty with Israel, … Continue reading
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