Beckett’s Valentine
Here’s a Valentine’s message for Hallmark to consider: Your friends need to see you suffer. XOXOXOXO! Watch out, Tabby’s Place. Clearly your Development Director has a second career as a greeting card writer.
Championship peppers
Once or twice in each generation, a champion is born. She may be meek or wild. He may be golden or homely. They may never be recognized for their sacrifices. They will always face the Champion’s Choice.
Forever loved: Rose
The difference between cats and the rest of us is that we forget what’s inside of us. At best, we think of ourselves as oranges, fragile skin around sweetness. Mostly, we think of ourselves as piñatas, not sure what lies within until the hour hits us. We hope we’re more than a momentary sugar rush. […]
Awe some
It is a great scandal, but not everyone is equally obsessed with every cat. Fortunately, every cat is flourescently obsessed with catself. And that is sufficient.
Forever loved: Possum
She mattered. The world never knew her. No golden frames contained her face. Her story was as silent as snow. She mattered.
Forever loved: Reese
She was named for a peanut treat, but she was no buttercup. She was sleek as onyx, but she was far more than semi-precious. She was a single piece of the mosaic, but she brought peace far and wide. She was Reese. She was ours. And we were hers.
Restvolutionaries
On behalf of every cat who hath ever trod the earth, I beseech you: slow down. On behalf of Elijah, the cat who hath most gelatinously trod the earth, I beseech you in all caps: SLOW. DOWN. Slow down, with verve, panache, and pizzazz.
Epilogues: January 2023
Never let anyone tell you that cats are immune to New Year’s resolutions. The moment applications opened to drive the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, the Tabby’s Place cats instantly, collectively developed goals. Resolved to support them, I have just signed 100 reference letters.
Forever loved: Allie
When situations go sideways, as situations sometimes do, we tend to assign a certain speed to the process. You’ve heard the phrase a thousand times: “the situation is deteriorating rapidly.” But is it? Why so speedy, situation? Maybe everything is moving as deliberately as one Allie Rosenberg.
Flavors of faithfulness
There are so many ways to be a good cat. I have yet to discover a single way to fail at this lofty goal. This is good news for all of us.
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