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
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s my first paid holiday in about a year and a half. I am doing NOTHING today outside of heading to my friends’ home for dinner. Happy Thanksgiving!
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah
So happy Hanukkah to my Jewish readers, friends, and family. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. It’s also the second night of Hanukkah. And that’s about all the relation is to the two holidays. SO tired of that word that puts the two … Continue reading
The most frightening analysis you’ll ever read
Lee Smith is a superb Middle East analyst. He’s been moving up in the world of journalism for years, deservedly so. And he has written the most frightening analysis of Obama’s Middle East policy I’ve ever read. According to Lee, … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The One
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Oy.
This is what Meimei looked like at ten o’clock this morning. I had to take her to the emergency vet, but first I had a book reading/signing at a local synagogue. I took Meimei around 1:30. It was a horrible … Continue reading
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Yes, Iran won
The Obama administration, so desperate to make a deal, any deal with Iran, has managed to make a deal that the Iranians want. They don’t have to get rid of their centrifuges. They’re not shutting down and nuclear plants. So … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, The One, World
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The mother of all schadenfreude stories
This one is almost unbelievable. Almost. In a he-had-it-coming-to-him-moment, the self-proclaimed father of suicide bombing appears to have been injured on Tuesday in Beirut, where the Iranian embassy was targeted by an Al-Qaeda faction, The Times of London reported. It’s … Continue reading
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Iranian anti-Semitism
John Kerry is trying to bull forward and create a deal with Iran so that his boss, Barack Obama, has something, anything, that he can brag about to the world as being a peacemaker. The Obama administration doesn’t seem able … Continue reading
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It was a long day in NorVA
Back to work full-time means conferences and full schedules. I didn’t get home until nearly 9:30, although I did stop at Wegman’s to get my fix of Hebrew National corned beef for dinner. (Bought enough for a few sandwiches, too.) … Continue reading
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Tuesday briefs
AHAHAHAHAHAHA! The BDSholes [(c) Israelly Cool] are using Israeli software for their anti-Israel BDS websites. Also, they probably all use the IM technology that Israel designed, and their computers probably use the Intel chips that were designed in Israel. But … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, palestinian politics
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Israel’s humanitarian relief
The IDF is in the Philippines, and Filipinos are reaping those rewards. A reporter for NBC is harshing the narrative of the IDF, though. Smart. Sophisticated. Secure. This was what I had experienced with the IDF before. But now I … Continue reading
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This is why the Holocaust was different
One of the constant refrains of anti-Semites around the world is that the Holocaust was not unique, that others than the Jews were targeted for extinction or mass murder or genocide. And yet, the more you read about the ruthless, … Continue reading
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Ouch
Got up this morning and could barely raise my arms. “What the heck did I do?” I wondered. Oh, yeah. Went shooting. With a heavy AR-15. I have got to get back into shape.
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What a weekend
I had a very tiring week, followed by a tiring (but fun) weekend. I saw If/Then, Idina Menzel’s new show previewing at the National Theater in DC. I loved it, for the most part. Can’t wait to see it on … Continue reading