Epilogues: June 2019
Summer is serious business. Its questions are timeless: Whatever happened to Frozfruit? Will the song of the summer be “Juice,” “Sucker” or “Old Town Road”? Where have all the kittens gone?
Guest post: Duckspectations
Editor’s note: The following post comes your way from the grand Famiglia di Ducky. May we heed The Duck’s call to marvel and rejoice at the cats and humans who duck our expectations. Life — and Ducky — are so much more complicated and magical than we first imagine… — A.H.
Octaves of enoughness
Beauty isn’t enough. Sweetness isn’t enough. But Octavia, sure as velour, is enough.
The Theatrical Therapy Cat
It’s been years since I watched Disney’s The Aristocats. I enjoyed it as a young girl, but found it annoying as a young adult in its polarization of the aristocracy (Madame and her Aristocats) and the working class (the Alley cats and Edgar, the butler). Society, human or feline, is far more complex than such […]
Guest Post: Forever Loved, Jimmy
Oh, kittens, are you in for a tender, heart-tearing treat today. If you know mega-volunteer Ilene from our Facebook page, where she frequently shares our cats’ adventures, you already know that she is one of the kindest stars ever to warm our world. Her sun shone bright on our Jimmy, and today we all have […]
The Community Mews, vol. 1 Spring 2019
Summer is just around the corner, but Spring has been extra exciting in the Community Room this year. Inside the walls and outside the windows, things are flying. This is highly exciting when you are a cat! If you’ve paid us a visit this Spring then you’ve met the new “Peep” in town. She’s a […]
Trying times, part II
As it happens, Denni is telling Heather and Bucca and me a thing or two about trying gracefully.
Trying times, part I
Some of them try too hard. Some of them try too little. Some of them try moderately. All of them live in my office.