Rhea – My Cat Jeoffry Bookstore and Cat Lounge

Irina the Belgian Marshmallow

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dog Adoption, Dogs, Fiction, Personal, Romance

Well, 2019 ended up being crazy busy but hugely productive for me. After Rhea passed away at the end of 2018 I fell into a bad depression. She'd been with me for so much of my adult life, from New York to California to Arizona, and losing her hit…

Sofia and Rhea

By TJ June 9, 2020Cats, Personal, Pet Illness

"Mom," Sofia says to me. "I sense Rhea out back. All the times you wouldn't let her out because you were scared she would get hurt by the owls and coyotes and fast cars on the nearby freeway, and she wanted to go out so badly. Well, now she…

Sweet Rhea

By TJ June 9, 2020Cats, Personal, Pet Illness

This post was originally posted December 25, 2018 here. Rhea passed away from her cancer November 29, almost a month ago now, and I've been quite heartbroken. She moved cross-country with me, and lived with me in five different apartments, and finally a house. She'd been with me through…

Update on Rhea

By TJ June 9, 2020Cats, Personal, Pet Illness

I last wrote about Rhea's experience with stereotactic radiosurgery about two weeks after she had finished treatment. She was doing well then, which of course thrilled me because I had no idea what to expect. It's now been a little over two months. A couple of days after we…

Happy Adoptaversary, Katusha!

By TJ June 9, 2020Cat Adoption, Cats, Personal

Five years ago today, we added Katusha to our household! She is one of the inspirations behind the My Cat Jeoffry "cat bookstore" because of her penchant for snuggling up next to me in bed or curling up in my lap on the couch and letting me read to…

Happy 10th Birthday to Our Sister, Rhea!

By TJ June 8, 2020Cats, Personal

Happy 10th birthday to our sweet little Rhea! She was born into a hoarding situation - 70 cats! - in NY until she was rescued by the ASPCA, where we adopted her. She’s been with us for 7 years - in NY, CA, now AZ. She purrs a lot,…