Urgin’ to Sturgeon
I have good news and bad news. You’re never actually done. Neither is Sturgeon. But that’s just one of many excellent qualities you share with this big fish.
The Roadie goes ever on
I’ve been thinking about Roadie. You haven’t been thinking about Roadie, but that’s about to change.
100 cats and a mouse
It was a few mice short. It was missing the half of a lizard we once found in Solarium B. But otherwise, it was astonishingly close.
Heckling crisis
“All people – all lives – are either in crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.” – Andy Andrews “That may well be the case, Andyboy, but it’s actually OK.” – Hector Rosenberg
Anathematics
Sometimes I think we need to get back in the habit of declaring each other anathema. Cats never ditched this habit in the first place. As a matter of fact, they raised it to an art form.
Be the N.A.P.
Summertime, and the living is easy. Except when, where, and how it isn’t. And that’s quite alright.
Endless breadsticks
I have many special memories of Tabby’s Place’s staff veterinarian, the eminent Dr. C. My favorite: performing a lunchtime duet of “Rock Me Amadeus” for a righteous purpose. Some of our younger staff members couldn’t quite believe us that such a song existed. Now they know better. They are also slightly and appropriately frightened. My […]
Epilogues: May 2021
Friends are reuniting. F*R*I*E*N*D*S are reuniting. As months go, you might say this May was The One With High Hopes. Then again, we are in the business of cats, so hopes around here are always Himalaya-high.
Apex predators in your pond
Do you ever wake up, look up, and feel quite certain that the morning itself is giving you a funny look? Do you ever think this might be the day when grace finally, terribly runs out for you? Do you ever fear that there are apex predators in your pond?
Personality plus
At Tabby’s Place, we try to maintain a modicum of decorum. Translation: we do not literally swing from chandeliers. Metaphorically, all bets are off. Translation: WHEEEEEE!