by JaneA Kelley | Dec 29, 2019 | Cats and People, In Loving Memory
The holidays are often a time of joy and celebration, but for many people, it’s an especially painful time, too. If it’s the first holiday without your special cat, or if your cat is sick or dying, it can be sad and lonely–especially if everyone you... 
by JaneA Kelley | Nov 13, 2019 | Cat Culture, Cat Health, Cats and People
November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month, and if you’re like me, you see stories of old cats in shelters and your heart breaks. You want to take the poor creature home and help them recover from whatever happened that led to their appearance in the shelter. But then... 
by JaneA Kelley | Aug 18, 2019 | Cat Culture, Interviews
A few weeks ago in our email newsletter, we told you about Peace Island, a cat-based video game currently being created by game developer Eric Blumrich and his partner in game dev and in life, social worker Laura Mackey. I know, I know: you probably think of... 
by JaneA Kelley | May 5, 2019 | New Beginnings, Paws and Effect news
Greetings, everyone! Guess what time it is? It’s time for the Paws and Effect hiatus to end. After a few months of hiatus, I found myself starting to give people advice about how to deal with various cat issues. Then about a month ago I realized just how much I... 
by JaneA Kelley | Oct 23, 2018 | New Beginnings
It’s been more than 15 years. More than 15 years since I launched Paws and Effect as a humble HTML site, with no concept of marketing, no idea who–if anyone–would even care that the site existed, and really, not much of an idea of what I was doing,...
JaneA Kelley is a punk rock cat mom and award-winning blogger. She is a regular columnist for Catster Magazine, and she and the Paws and Effect Gang share a home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.