Lillery
It’s often said that, if cats could talk, they wouldn’t. After all, they are speaking all the time. It’s up to us to read their glyphs — or, in the case of Lil, their cloud-veiled eyes.
Uneeda biscuit
He’s still deciding if Tabby’s Place is the Ritz. He’s overwhelmed by life, liberty, and the number of flavors of Cheez-Its. But if you’re looking for a cat more wholesome than a Wheat Thin and cuter than a Goldfish, Triscuit is the salt of your earth.
Do not touch the kitten
Sometimes we are given impossible instructions. “Do not heckle the sub tomorrow,” says your 7th-grade teacher. “Don’t take this the wrong way,” says the clod about to tell you your hair looks like Brillo. “Respond to this in dignified fashion,” say the 100,000 people who signed the official government petition to deport Justin Bieber. And, […]
Bejeweled*
I do not know if the Garden State has an official gem.** I do know, however, that it has a hidden treasure, the jewel of New Jersey: the rare striped Ruby.
Coming attractions
Before we forge ahead, let’s address the elephant in the room. Following Tashi‘s death, it feels sacrilegious to just pick up and go on with the business of joy.
Winter bloom
I don’t know if this is legal, but you can force things to bloom. This is true of all sorts of things: forsythia. Hydrangeas. Frozen humanity.
Feeling Bleu
People with lots of letters after their names say that January is very, very hard. They say that more of us are sad and snarky and downright dangerous to ourselves and others in this month. They say a lot of things.
The Babs Vortex
So now we know what a polar vortex feels like.* However, we’ve known for seven lucky years what another sort of vortex feels like.
Epilogues: December 2013
The cats would like you to know they sincerely believe in you, and they believe 2014 is going to be Your Year. You’re finally going to finish The Brothers Karamazov. You’re going to beat level 103 of Candy Crush. You’re going to find out what the fox says. But first, there’s the small matter of […]