About Ashley Kristjansson

Ashley’s face is the face of the magazine in many ways, whereas she’s the friendly face that greets everyone who visit our office, and because she’s the one who is constantly out on the road meeting with our readers and advertisers. She’s got her finger on the pulse of the tri-corner area and welcomes your greetings and inquiries.

Furrhawk

You guys – it’s time furr some real talk. My mom is crazy – and not just cat lady crazy!

This whole pandemic has caused salons to be closed furr too long. My mom has been complaining she needs a haircut. I think she looks fine. And besides – her hair is almost always pulled back […]

By |2020-05-20T10:03:18-04:00May 20th, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

Mother’s Day Purresent

I’ve always known I was adopted. It’s quite obvious just in our appurrance.

My pet-parents have two legs — I have four. They speak English — I speak Cat. They have skin — I have fur. They don’t take catnaps — I do. They want something sweet furr snack time — I prefurr paw-ty mix. They […]

By |2020-05-14T12:01:14-04:00May 13th, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

Transpurrtation

This week’s post is inspired by Main Street Magazine’s May issue. The fine folks at MSM dedicated this purrticular issue to transportation.

Fun right? Well…

Not many of you may know this about cha’ boy but back in the day, when I was a kitten, I longed to see the great outdoors. And staring out the window […]

By |2020-05-14T12:02:27-04:00May 6th, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

Purrsonal Hygiene

So it’s time fur some real talk.

I realize that a few weeks ago I said that when this whole quarantine thing is over I’d miss my family,

but ya know – things change.

I want my catnaps to go uninterrupted fur once! Is that really too much to ask? I think I’m starting to get bags under […]

By |2020-04-29T09:53:04-04:00April 29th, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

My Bar(n) Days

All this extra time on my paws has me thinking of my younger days, about a decade ago if you want to get a little more specific. Crazy how time flies and how many cat lives I’ve used since then, but I’ll never furrget my bar(n) days.

You see, I was quit literally raised in a […]

By |2020-04-27T13:21:30-04:00April 22nd, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

Hoppy (belated) Easter furriends!

Furr me, Easter is just as exciting as Christmas – minus the Christmas tree, snow on the ground, paw print stocking, and Santa Paws himself.

Howevfurr, this time of year, there are bright colored eggs furr me to bat around, jelly beans in purretty bowls on the counter (shhhh, don’t tell my purrents I was on […]

By |2020-04-27T13:22:42-04:00April 15th, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

Zooming with Furriends

I’ve seen my mom FaceTime with friends and family a thousand times and have even purrticipated a time or two.

It’s cool, but so old school.

All the ‘cool cats’ are using Zoom chats now-a-days so I decided to take matters into my own paws and try it fur myself! It turns out its actually quite fun […]

By |2020-04-27T13:23:52-04:00April 8th, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

Finding the Positive

Last week, I was somewhat purrturbed when my whole world was turned upside down and my routine was thrown all out of whack – not an ideal situation furr a feline like me.

We are now a week and a half into my purrents working from home and I’ve had time to reflect on my purrdicament […]

By |2020-04-02T10:44:19-04:00April 1st, 2020|The OTIS Feed|

Spring Cleaning with Ashley

We all have so much unexpected time on our hands right now – so let the Spring-Cleaning begin!

Here are a few ideas for you to keep in mind as your attempt to scale the mountain of  your winter belongings:

– When cleaning out your kitchen cabinets, I’m sure you’ll stumble upon some canned goods you will […]

By |2020-03-24T10:20:35-04:00March 24th, 2020|Home & Garden|

A Scaredy-Cat about the Coronavirus

Through the ambient evening sounds of my sister running around and pots and pans clanging while dinner is being prepared, my ears are angled toward the television. I hear the news about COVID-19 or the coronavirus as it’s refurred to by you humans. 

Just because I’m an indoor kitty, doesn’t mean the […]

By |2020-03-24T09:34:27-04:00March 18th, 2020|The OTIS Feed|
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