That kind of kitten
Ilya is not an ordinary kitten. Ilya is that kind of kitten.
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Open house
You have heard all the warnings. “Guard your heart.” “Look before your leap.” “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
Uncrumblable
If you think about it, Cookie is made of the same ingredients as you. She is the starch of courage and the soft butter of trust. She is the salt of the Earth and the sweetness that outlasts heat. She has been burnt around the edges, but remained warm. She is delicate, but undefeated. She […]
Kitty LeFey’s Cosmos: Wee Little Winky
Wee little Winky lives At Tabby’s Place. If you wonder if he’s happy, Just look at his sweet face.
Slim chances
In springtime, kittens are as bountiful as buttercups. But no little bud thinks of itself as “just another flower,” and Slim did not see himself as one among many. As best he could tell, he was the last kitten in the world.
Full flower
We use so many words, we can’t always hear the music. Meanwhile, Earth speaks in cats and flowers. Sometimes, if we are fortunate, even at the same time.
All in one basket
You can hide them, hunt them, or decorate them. You can dye them, devil them, or fill them with chocolate. But Easter isn’t really about eggs. It is all about the basket.
Epilogues: March 2026
Early spring is a wriggly thing. It is like a fat neon caterpillar with no symptoms of “butterfly.” It is like the brassy sun that tries too hard and turns into a freeze warning by dusk. It has one paw in the garden of “already,” and one ankle-deep in the slush of “not yet.” In […]
Kitty LeFey’s Cosmos: Reading with the Cats
It is serious business when children read to cats. It is also, very importantly, silly business and one of the most wonderful things in the world.
When Faith becomes sight
First, you spot her cookies-and-cream coat, but she is not her colors. Next, you notice moonstones where you expected to find eyes, but she is not her jewels. Then, you scan her record: FIV+, blind, heart murmur, lumps. But she is not her medical chart. At last, you see Faith, and she is greater than […]