Verne is earnest
Although we are more eminent than Princeton, with a higher number of salmon scholars than Swarthmore, Tabby’s Place does not require letters of recommendation. But if we did, Verne‘s would outshine them all.
Not a dry eye
Love has letters for us all, but each one is unique. Love may ask you to sing French lullabies to a child with the flu. Love may place a bottle in your left hand and a kitten in your right, even if you are the one trembling. Love may overwhelm your best intentions, until you […]
Some is found
If your goal is getting the room to agree with you, you have options. You can command: “If you like Cheez-Its, raise your hand. Wave it in the air. Wave it as though you do not care.” You can be coy: “Anyone think kittens are cute?” Or, you can spew a toxic stew: “Everything is […]
In the Bastille of the night
Let’s not be too hard on this planet. It may be responsible for low-rise jeans, halitosis, and individually wrapped cheese slices. But it also gave us Dolly Parton, chickpeas, and cats who celebrate Bastille Day. Or at least one. And he happens to be ours.
Undried in the sun
I wonder what the cats think of our names. I will not say “their” names. They address each other by their real names, which we will never know. But they play along with us, the way you let your nephew win at Uno.
So small
There are fragile kittens. There are sturdy kittens. There is no way to tell the difference. In the end, there is no difference.
Breaking the fast
There was no way we were keeping the name “Chicken.” The Lobby was far too hungry for that.
Epilogues: June 2024
The Pops, Grandpops, and miscellaneous Poppas and Pappys have been celebrated. The mortarboards have been thrown. The Strawberry Moon has set. June 2024 has been juiced to the last drop. The Tabby’s Place cats hereby welcome you to the Best Summer Ever.
Colors set free
That was a real nice draft, Thomas Jefferson. Your work shows promise, dear Mr. Hamilton. But when it comes to Declarations and Constitutions, Rori can take it from here.
Bat flight
You may read all the books in all the libraries, but there are some stories only your senses can tell. The sight of five hundred thousand bats in flight. The sight of a single Bat not in flight.