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
Not so smashing
I love Broadway plays. I love musical theater and the movie musical, and always have. So I was thrilled when I saw promos for Smash, the new NBC series about putting on a Broadway show. I watched the pilot, and … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Television 3 Comments
Wednesday, briefly
If only they’d all fight each other like this: Iraqi jihadis are now heading to Syria to fight the Assad dictatorship. Of course, the enemy of my enemy is not my friend. These are Iraqi Sunnis, the legacy of Saddam … Continue reading
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Washington’s Birthday briefs
No, not his actual briefs, because they didn’t wear briefs in those days. And, ew. Yep, Islamists are still trying to murder Israelis: Suuuure, they’re moderating. That’s why the IDF foiled another terror plot on the Egyptian border. And by … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Hamas, Iran, Israel, palestinian politics, Terrorism 4 Comments
Extra Caturday post
My Maine Coon mix is now a Virginia Coon mix. He forgot what snow was, and didn’t want to go out in it. Yep. I have two cats that are, quite frankly, scaredy cats. Gracie is (literally) afraid of ants, … Continue reading
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Sunday snowy briefs
Really? The Brits were buying oil from Iran even though they know that Iran is working toward a nuclear bomb? Really? So Iran cutting off exports to the U.K. and France is, what–a waste of time for all involved? Because … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism 1 Comment
Happy pre-snow Caturday
It’s going to snow in Richmond–a significant amount, it seems–and I am going to see The Lion King in the theater tonight. So here are Gracie and Tig. Happy Caturday! First, Miss Gracie and her ball. This is one of … Continue reading
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The AP: Ignore what we said yesterday, it was too pro-Israel
Yesterday, the AP reported that Iran was behind the attempted terrorist attacks on Israelis in Thailand. They even headlined the article that way. Thailand: Iranians’ Targets Were Israeli Diplomats The lead tries to fudge just a little bit by using … Continue reading
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Friday briefs
Our friends the Pakistanis: Get a load of this news item. Pakistan on Thursday stressed the need for multi-faceted cooperation between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran on the basis of their being close neighbours, to address the numerous challenges and exploit … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
The Revenge of Hezbollah: So far, it’s a fail, thanks to the tireless work of the Mossad. They foiled an attempt to assassinate Ehud Barak in Singapore. Here’s what really bothers me: How did they get a detailed itinerary of … Continue reading
Posted in Holocaust, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias, Turkey 2 Comments
Wednesday news roundup
The roots of anti-Semitism: Deeper than you think. A new book (which I think I should buy) traces the roots of anti-Semitism and discovers that the Greeks and Romans hated us millennia ago just as much as–well, gee. As much … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Iran, Israel, Media Bias, Turkey 3 Comments
The Hebrew Mamita
A video sent to me by my former rebbetzin. This would have been perfect to show my fourth graders. One of the ways we discussed “looking Jewish” was by my going from student to student, and telling them which ones … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Religion 2 Comments
On writing
When I started this blog in April of 2001, I had two purposes in mind: To keep up my HTML skills in the hope of getting a job, and to keep up my writing skills in the hope of eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Life, The Catmage Chronicles, Writing Tagged Darkness Rising, The Catmage Chronicles 7 Comments
Iran attacks
Looks like the Iranian proxies tried, but failed, to murder Israelis. They did succeed in wounding a few people, including the wife of an Israeli diplomat in India. The Iranians are–get this–blaming the attacks on Israel. “We wuz framed, I … Continue reading
Let’s stop pretending it isn’t the Islamism
Our friends the Saudis got Interpol to arrest one of their citizens, who fled to Malaysia–a nation that I have been told over and over again is a mostly Muslim nation that is tolerant of other religions (never mind that … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism 3 Comments
There is no moderation of the Hamas mission
It really doesn’t matter how many news services, pundits, and analysts insist that by joining with the PA, Hamas is going to moderate. They’re not. Just listen to the words of their leader during his recent trip to Iran: Hamas … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Iran, Israel, palestinian politics 5 Comments