Thin places
The ancient Celts spoke fondly of “thin places.” They weren’t talking about Planet Fitness, your wallet, or the top of Ben Kingsley’s head. Divya knows exactly what they were talking about.
Blazing blues
I thought I knew about the blues. I thought I wasn’t wild about the blues. Now I think I was a dunderhead.
The town with Piddy
It is important, before you read any further, that you know a true fact. Brace yourselves. OK, here goes. It isn’t very pretty what a town without pity can do.
Jersey on her Georgian mind
When Big Things happen, they happen quickly. One morning you’re a paragraph away from finishing the Great American Novel, but it may as well be ten thousand tomes of invisible ink. The next, epiphany hits and you’ve got yourself a magnum opus. One night you’re watching Miami Vice reruns and eating Funyuns in your holey […]
Old enough to begin again
People may have told you that you’re too old to learn the accordion. People may have pooh-poohed your plans to tame an old feral cat. “It’s too late,” people say. “That ship has sailed,” people say. People say a lot of things.
In process
It is a cat’s prerogative to change her mind. Let’s say you’ve swooned for wet food all your days. But one day, you take a look at that glop and say, “by George, this smells like excrement.” It is your right to hate wet food from this moment forward. Maybe you’ve flown into a rage […]
Epilogues: February 2015
It’s over, homies. The worst of winter. The chalky cavalcade of Conversation Hearts. The days without daffodils. And your wait for the cats’ monthly wrap-up.
Beasts beyond the building
If you wisely observed Mumford Monday this week, you already know we can soon look forward to a song about Broad-Shouldered Beasts.* But did you know there are Tabby’s Place cats singing their own Tabby’s Place songs beyond the gates of Tabby’s Place?
Specialities of the special
You may think that Ringoes, NJ was named for Ringo Starr and his clones. You may think that Tabby’s Place has only tabby cats. You may think the Special Needs Suite contains cats with Special Needs, and/or Special Needs Cats. But I say unto you, dream a little bigger, darling.
The inner tube
Quick: name a squeaky-clean gentleman with the following characteristics: Named Mitt R. Quietly conservative Not addicted to running for President of the United States