Breaded
You probably do not consider chicken nuggets and cornbread an elegant meal, unless you are either feline, or ten years old. Fortunately, Chicken Nugget is both.
Soft feet
Dulcie, Dulcie, they did not speak in dulcet tones. The hours and the minutes had gravel in their throats. The inches and the miles scraped your soft toes.
Suspend before low
There is a safety feature on my insulin pump called “Suspend Before Low.” It is remarkably feline.
Forever loved: Mullet
“Nervous, but easy to handle.” Such was Mullet‘s description on his Intake Exam. Nothing can make today easy to handle.
Epilogues: December 2023
So here we stand, at the end and the beginning. Cats know that there are only ever beginnings. Cats know many things beyond our reach. But they are gentle, and permit us to believe in figments — endings, the concept of “age appropriate,” the existence of credible vegan cheese — as long as necessary. Perhaps […]
Truly new
Today, confetti on our noses, everything is new. We are bubbling champagne kittens. We are unfettered by the past. We want to believe this is true. But the truth is even better than the new.
Made of stories
I would like to kiss the New Year, but I can’t reach that high. I would like to glimpse what’s next, but I can’t open my eyes that wide. So I will simply sit here, on the floor, with the cats, telling stories.
Full house
You may be full of yule log today. You may be full of ill-advised eggless nog. Your living room may be full of Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles. Be assured: you are not as full as a cat.
Precious mettle
Magicians keep secrets, but cats spill light. Magicians bend metal, but cats bend time and space. One Copperfield can escape a locked box, but one Copperfield can free prisoners.
Twelve twenty five, and you are here
It’s Christmas Day. It’s Christmas Day, and you’re here, drawn to the cats like a child to the snow. It’s Christmas Day, and our child-hearts are together, where they belong.