Category Archives: Health, Wellness, Lifestyle

IT’S A GREAT YEAR TO REUSE YOUR OLD CALENDAR!

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Mollie Hunt

What do 2023, 2017, 2006, 1995, and 1989 have in common? Turns out that date-wise, they have everything in common. Those years and many more are exactly the same. I learned this by checking a Perpetual Calendar, a list that … Continue reading →

IT WAS THE THIRD OF JUNE… Still Haunting

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

For the past few years I’ve written a tribute post on this day to one of the most haunting songs of my youth. I was 15 when Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 Southern Gothic ballad “Ode to Billie Joe” came out on … Continue reading →

Posted in Death & Dying, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle | Tagged Bobbie Gentry, Bobby Gentry, inspirational, It was the third of June, June 3rd, Ode to Billy Joe | 3 Comments

DESPITE THE DARKNESS

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

The first thing I saw when I opened my inbox this morning was the quote from Desmond Tutu*, “Hope is being able to see light despite all of the darkness.” To find this in front of me today was, … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety disorder, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, mental illness, Save the World | Tagged depression, Desmond Tutu, hope, inspirational, opinion, state of the world | 6 Comments

Not All Mothers Have Human Babies

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

Happy Mother’s Day, no matter who your babies are. Mother’s Day can be a difficult time for a lot of people: those of us who have lost a mother, those who have lost a child, those who have not been … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle | Tagged cat mom, Furball Fables, inspirational, Mother's Day, mother's day with cats | 4 Comments

2-YEAR LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

One of this year’s most popular trends, is the #10YearChallenge. Everywhere you go on social media, you find people posting side-by-side photographs of themselves ten years apart. The posts are fun and interesting. We can see how much we’ve changed … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Older, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle | Tagged #10yearchallenge, #2YearLockdownChallenge, before and after | Leave a comment

WHY I WRITE COZIES, AND WHY I READ THEM, TOO

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

This is a harsh world. The last nearly-two years have brought an even harsher layer to what already was. Pandemic, violence, civil unrest. In the face of this reality, I choose to see also the good, the beauty, the kindness, … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Lifestyle, My Cat Cozies, Writing | Tagged #catwriters, #crazycatladycozymysteries, Crazy Cat Lady cozy mysteries, inspirational, writing | 16 Comments

2022 DAY ONE-FINISHED MY MEMOIR!

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

It’s the first day of a brand new year! I didn’t do it on purpose, but this morning I finished the second draft of my memoir, THERE’S A CAT HAIR IN MY MASK: How Cats Helped Me Through Unprecedented Times and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alcoholism & Addiction, anxiety disorder, Cats, Death & Dying, Emotion, Getting Older, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Life Through Amber, Lifestyle, memoir, mental illness, Writing | Tagged #catwriters, #crazycatladycozymysteries, Animal Shelters, book launch, depression, inspirational, writing | 2 Comments

IT WAS THE THIRD OF JUNE…

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Mollie Hunt

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day. I was out choppin’ cotton and my brother was balin’ hay… Today is June third. I’ve posted before about the enigmatic ballad sung by Bobbie Gentry back in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Death & Dying, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Life Through Amber | Tagged Bobbie Gentry, inspirational, meaningful songs, Ode to Billy Joe, Third of June | 10 Comments

HOW WE GRIEVE

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Mollie Hunt

For Bear, Roman, Gracie, and all the others, gone too soon. It is in our nature as humans to dismiss death until it stands up and hits us in the face. Yet there is no escaping it. These past few … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Death & Dying, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle | Tagged #catwriters, #crazycatladycozymysteries, Bernadette, cat loss, grie, grief, grieving, inspirational, Memorial Day, pet loss, Tributes, volana kote | 8 Comments

PANDEMIC REFLECTIONS

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Mollie Hunt

Warning: Slightly political rant. PG for violence, but no sex or graphic language. I watch out the window. A couple pushing a stroller pass by. Child, cat, or dog—I can’t tell from here. Both people are both wearing masks. And … Continue reading →