MSI Press Blog

  Happy Fourth from our hill. Tonight is one of those rare moments when living halfway up a slope feels like a perk rather than a penalty. Most days, dragging garbage cans up and down it is a cardio workout disguised as civic duty. But on the Fourth? We can sit on the balcony and watch fireworks burst upward from three different cities at once. High enough for the full visual spectacle, far enough for the sound to arrive softened, like distant thunder. Our cats disagree. Every year, without fail, all nine of them make the same decision: to the catio . Not the beds. Not the closets. Not under the furniture. The catio. It’s on the back of the house, tucked away from the streets, insulated by the structure itself, and large enough—108 square feet—to feel like a protected outdoor room rather than a cage. On the Fourth, it becomes their bunker, their sanctuary, their preferred place to ride out the night. Why Fireworks Terrify Cats Cats don’t react to fireworks because they’re dramatic ...

  Today's publisher's pride is Travels with Elly by Larry MacDonald, which reached #147   in travel with pets books. Book description: Discover Canada like never before -- from a personal perspective, similar to John Steinbeck's view of America in his 1960 book Travels with Charley . The author travels from coast to coast in a trailer with his wife and pets, including their Standard Poodle, Elly, in order to gain a better understanding of his adopted country. Interspersed between descriptions of history, cultures, places, and icons are the author's reflections on various things such as Elly's antics, signage, ferries, political injustice, environmental issues, and animal instincts. To provide a canine's perspective, Elly reflects on things of interest to her, including cats, cows, and other critters...but especially cats! Where was Canada's first settlement? What is its prettiest town? When and where was its most devastating shipwreck? And who was its greatest...