Category Archives: Cats and Dogs

Stories from Not Your Mother’s Book…On Cats and Not Your Mother’s Book…On Dogs

Summertime blues…

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Yes, we all get them, those summertime blues. I did, for sure. I took some time away from the office to rejuvenate my soul and visit family. Thus, there were no posts from our wonderfully funny Not Your Mother’s Book (NYMB) series. Story postings will resume next week. NYMB books make the perfect gifts for […]

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June 30

“Bustin’ a Move” by Stacey Hatton

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Cats.”  Whenever one of my children gets sick, it never fails that I allow them to eat junk food. With that said, however, most of the wicked comfort food makes it into my mouth before it nears their sick tray. If I know why I’m […]

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May 26

“It’s Elementary” by Marsha Porter

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Dogs.” When my neighbor’s daughter turned 13, her mom took her to the pound to get her the dog she’d always wanted. The darling Terrier—whom they named “Scruffy”—was a cross between Benji in a gray coat and Toto from The Wizard of Oz. Sadly, his […]

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May 19

“The Great Curtain Caper” by Pat Wahler

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Cats.”  Every home contains at least one item, prized beyond measure by its occupants. It’s something to admire, fight for and treasure. I found my Holy Grail of Housedom in a pair of cur­tains. The moment I saw those bronze basket-weave window panels, I knew […]

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April 17

“The Dog Whisperer Shakes His Head” by Gregory Lamping

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Dogs.” “You need to be the boss!” Those are the words I keep hearing from Cesar Millan, the self-proclaimed “Dog Whisperer.” As a dog owner, I know I should be the boss, the pack leader, the alpha male, but there are some dogs that adamantly […]

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April 12

“It’s Safer Down There” by Lisa McManus Lange

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Cats.”  Nosy Person: “Lisa, why are you limping?” Sarcastic Lisa: “I tripped on a pinecone while feeding a toothless cat at 2:30 in the morning.” Truly, that’s what happened. Our neighbor went away on vacation during a long weekend, so she hired my son to […]

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March 06

“Kung-Fu Cat” by Dena Harris

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Cats.”  My husband and I enjoy a soothing morning ritual of relaxing with the fish. We sit together on the couch in semi-darkness, sipping coffee and watching the fish dive and swerve through the water in the fish tank. Sometimes we talk, sometimes we don’t. […]

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February 06

“Love Bites” by Ken McKowen

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Dogs.” It wasn’t long after we purchased our new home in a rural neighborhood that our family decided we needed a dog. After all, we reasoned, everyone who lived on an acre of land should have animals of one kind or another. Locating a rescue […]

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January 14

“Best Friends Come in All Sizes” by Steve Liddick

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Cats.”  It was raining when I returned from the barn to feed our horses and noticed a bedraggled cat on the porch of our Pennsylvania farmhouse. He was attacking a bowl of cat food as though he had not eaten in a while. “What are […]

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January 06

“Rocky Loses by a TKO” by Becky Povich

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This story appears in the anthology “Not Your Mother’s Book…On Dogs.” I wasn’t with Ron the day he spotted the “Free Puppies” sign. Later he claimed when he almost passed it, our car spontaneously, and very much on its own, swerved into the gravel driveway and lurched to a stop, flinging grit and tiny pebbles […]

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