Cute! But shouldn't her name be spelled LuCeE*? :) (That joke will
only make sense if you've seen the movie "LA Story" with Steve Martin.)

What's the name of your rescue group? And what part of which country
do you do it in? :) (That should have been two questions: which country
are you from, and where in that country do you do your cat rescue work?)

Joyce

Sharolyn, I see what the others saw right off the bat  " E-commerce cats get
down to business creating gifts for cat lovers "

Something like that would have made me think it was a sales site right off.
I will say thank you in advance for your work with ferals and their rescue.
Every Rescue I have done has brought me such a feeling of fulfillment there
are really no words to describe the feeling.  I would love to open my home
to every stray I find but at last I have money but not enough to fulfill my
dreams.

A belated welcome on my behalf not all of us jump the gun but in their
defense every day their is someone doing something "forgive the pun" that
acts like a cat lover but wants to sell something.

You would not be the first to offended the group as others have said.  I
have many of times and here I am almost 2 years later.  Welcome to the RPCA
Sharolyn

Well, Matthew, I don't HAVE a sales site! All I have is a parked
domain for a site that late this year will offer artwork done by my
sister and I to raise funds for both a local and a national animal
rescue organization. The only thing I have is the blog we've started
about our 15 rescued cats, and that's what I mentioned in my first
post to the group. I thought your group would enjoy our blog as much
as all our other visitors have. We've given each of our cats a
position in our upcoming "company" depending on their unique
personalities and the blog is written primarily by the kitties. For
instance, my 17-year old formerly feral Callie is the cranky old
"catministrative assistant" (she was part of a litter that took refuge
in our garage and we tamed and kept them all); our tail-less wonder
Oscar is the "maintenance manx"; our two giant boys Atlas and Somber
are the official corporate bookends and paperweights; my beautiful
little ragdoll Lucy is the corporate spokesmodel ... and so on. And
Rocky, our CEO (Cat Executive Officer) was rescued at 1 day old when a
raccoon killed his stray mother and littermates. I bottle fed him so
he has no clue that he's a cat and he definitely runs the show around
here.

I've had such fun writing the blog and posting tons of pics of our
kitties, but since I joined here I've been made to feel that its no
better than spam. But it isn't. It's an expression of the overwhelming
love I feel for these entertaining little furballs, a way to tell
their stories and show them to the world, and our hope is that it will
lead to helping rescue organizations find loving homes like ours for
the millions of strays out there who need them so desperately.

I guess I'm wondering why I even want to be a member of a group that
is so quick to insult new members, and closes its mind to something
that is fun, entertaining, and helps cats in need -- before anyone
even takes the time to check it out! I have to tell you, taming feral
cats is a breeze compared to joining this group!

Sharolyn

Don't let them drive you away - some people react a bit too
quickly, without thinking first!  Also, reactions frequently
owe more to the reactor's mood of the moment than to the
nature of the actual post.  (I wonder how many of your
crtics bothered to look at your blog before objecting?)

Anyway, when it's posted to a cat group, I don't see how
cat-related advertising can be regarded as "spam", since it
is definitely "on topic".  (You certainly find people
posting web addresses for their guest-houses and B & B's on
the travel group I post to, and few people seem to object.)