Reward, Lost Cat, The Search for Spock

by Donald Weiser

Overview

This is a true story where the main characters are feline. There are some humans too. It is a story of cat love and loss. It is also a story of two humans finding each other and of human love and bonding. My name is Don Weiser. I had three cats: Jones (who is all black with green eyes and is going on 21 years of age), Spock (who is an Abyssinian and is presently lost), and Sam (who is a huge orange tabby who was a stray). I lived in Albany, NY for 17 years and worked for the Department of Social Services. My wife Beth lives in North Carolina and had three cats: Smokey (who is a lovely lion like gray tabby with the largest head I have ever seen), Maggie (who was a solid black cat with gold eyes), and Rosy (who is also a solid black cat with gold eyes and who is Maggie's daughter). Beth and I are now married (8/90) and live in North Carolina with our six cats. Maggie is dead, Spock is lost, and Junior (the youngster cat who is a tabby) now lives with us. These are the main characters and the story is about how we all came to live together in North Carolina. I hope you find it interesting. It may make you cry, I hope it makes you laugh too.

My book is meant to help anyone whose pet is lost. What to do, what steps to take before your pet is lost to help ensure that it doesn't get lost and to make recovery easier. If it does become lost, what to do in the first hours, first days, first weeks, and long term up to how to deal with the possibility of never finding your pet.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014854658
Publisher:	eBookIt.com
Publication date:	08/09/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	491 KB

About the Author

Don Weiser was born in New Haven, CT in 1945 so he's basically as old as dirt. He grew up (we're still waiting for that to happen) in the Catskill mountains of upstate NY. He has a degree in Philosophy and attempted to get an advanced degree in Computer Science but his heart wasn't in it. Don has a beautiful daughter, Michele, from his first marriage to Carol. He left his job and friends in Albany, NY and moved to NC where he and Beth were married in 1990. They lived in happiness until Beth died suddenly in 1995 at the age of 44.

In 1996, Don moved to Raleigh to start his life anew. "It's off to a somewhat slow start", he says but we think that's how he prefers it.

Don retired in 1998 and in 1999 moved to the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina where he lives today. He has two indoor cats who think of him as their personal kitty litter attendant. He also plays the Theremin. (Badly.)

Don's modest house is surrounded by woods; Mountain Laurel, Rhododendron, oak, pine, and two small babbling brooks that make beautiful music. Don likes to pretend he's a recluse and a hermit and perhaps he is. People who have been around Don are pleased that he has chosen the solitary path. Don also likes to pretend he's a photographer and a writer and perhaps he is some of those things too. His backyard was recently certified as a "Backyard Wildlife Habitat" by the National Wildlife Federation.

Don has previously published a book he wrote titled, "REWARD, Lost Cat, The Search for Spock". That book is about how to get a lost pet back and what steps to take to prevent the pet from becoming lost in the first place. Since Beth got Spock (an Abyssinian cat) for Don, it's also a story of how two people living in different states meet, fall in love, marry, and are happy.

Don wanted it mentioned he has two other books "in the works". One is a white squirrel children's book and the other is a photo book of the other wonders in Transylvania County where Don lives; waterfalls, flowers, and fauna.