Imperfectly wonderful
“Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful.” – Annette Funicello “Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.” – Michael J. Fox “Amen to all that.” – Sunflower and Olivia Rosenberg
Invincible sanctuaries
Nineteen years. That’s how long it’s been since the invincible towers fell. This grief is two years older than Tabby’s Place itself.
The empty suggestion box
If we let it, strangeness can simplify us. Good news: we’ve been given a bumper crop of strangeness.
Labor intensive
This being Labor Day and all, your normal blogular programming has been suspended. Fortunately, you’re getting something better.
Epilogues: August 2020
You gave us wonder and splendor. You gave us the return of Bill and Ted (see above). You gave us the feast day of St. Augustine, and the annual pondering as to whether or not his friends called him “Gus.” You gave us an uncommonly high volume of marmalade cats.
Marmalade season
Late have I loved you, unrelenting autumn. But this year, even when it’s hard to fare forward, there’s a certain comfort in being able to fall into your arms.
Panthera
As proven by its occasional rhapsodizing about Alan Alda and One Direction, this blog is not generally pinned to the pulse of celebrity news. But this week’s star sorrow demands a response. The world has lost its beloved Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman.
Adopter post: Rocket man
Editor’s note: We are collectively, universally, reliably over-the-moon for adopter updates. Whether a cat left our doors three days or thirteen years ago, it’s a thrill hearing from his forever family. But some thrills are especially meteoric, as Rocket, nee Inigo, is about to show you. Enjoy, my dears, and shine on. Thanks to the […]
Unexpected
We didn’t expect 2020. We can’t predict 2021, or tomorrow. But verily I tell you: that’s OK.
Living oakily
Let me ask you a question you’ve surely pondered often. If you’re gonna be an oak tree, which oak tree will you be?