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…
Category Archives: Holidays
Fourth light
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To all my Christian readers
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. (Okay, I’ll be posting later, probably. But the sentence really works, y’know?)
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To all my atheist readers
You have no excuse not to add comments to posts tonight and tomorrow.
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Second light
Something different from my usual virtual menorah: Pictures from a Chanukah party I attended tonight. Four of my seven students from last year were there, as well as one of my favorites from three years ago. And there were new … Continue reading
Chanukah: First light
As always, we have my virtual menorah: And a reprise of what I found to be a very funny Dreidel song. Yippee-ai-oh-chai-yay!
Happy Thanksgiving
Today, I give thanks for the many, many blessings in my life. In the last year, I lost and found a Tigger, gained a new, wonderful job, and was able to buy—for the first time in my life–my own home. … Continue reading
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G’mar hatima tovah
An easy fast, and a posting fast until tomorrow night.
Interesting AP note
On the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year, I can find only one AP story referring to it: The one about the Israeli version of “Big Brother” shutting down for the holiday. I have found … Continue reading
AP: Finding something to criticizen in all things Israeli
The AP couldn’t manage to write a Rosh Hashana story without criticizing Israel. Because gee, when they write Ramadan stories, the first thing they do is bemoan Muslim terrorist attacks. Oh, wait. No they don’t. Here’s what went ’round the … Continue reading
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Shana tovah
A sweet and healthy new year to my fellow Jews. Posting will be light for the next 24 hours. In a few hours, I’ll be at the G. household, with apple cake in hand. It’s the one and only baked … Continue reading
Glorious Fourth
I never get tired of posting this: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with … Continue reading
Industrial Zones for Peace
Writing about an industrial zone on the border of Gaza set to open nearly ten years ago, William Orme of the New York Times reported: Now, hailed by all sides as the first tangible achievement of the current phase of … Continue reading
Hamas to Israel: Accept cease-fire or we’ll kill you
Way to conduct negotiations, Hamas. Hamas has threatened an “unprecedented escalation” against Israel if it does not agree soon to the Egyptian-mediated cease-fire offer, the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat reported Sunday. […] “All options are open. The ball is in the … Continue reading
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Chag Sameach
A happy and kosher Passover to all of my Jewish readers. “In every generation, they rise up against us, but the Holy One, blessed be He, rescues us from their hands.” We will recite those words tonight. They have never … Continue reading
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