Dear Supporters of Simon, Every correspondent both dreams of and yet dreads the day when they get the call. Well, it’s not exactly a call. It’s actually an email from the staff at Tabby’s Place announcing the wonderful news: the cat they’ve been writing for every month—bonding with, visiting every time they’re at Tabby’s Place, […]

Dear Supporters of Simon, I was volunteering at Tabby’s Place the other day and popped into the lounge area to sign in and, of course, to see Simon. The ritual is always the same. I barely make it through the door, barely have my coat off, barely make it across the room to sign my […]

Dear Simon Sponsors, “Out with the old. In with the new.” As January 1, 2021 rolled in, I imagined Simon at Tabby’s Place felt the same as I did. Humans and cats alike had had enough of 2020. I had had enough of news reports that the virus was spreading. I imagined Simon had had […]

Dear Sponsors for Simon, The minute I arrived at Tabby’s Place and went to the kitchenette to hang up my coat, Simon emerged from underneath one of the sofas where he was most likely snoozing. Suddenly he was all agog to know “if they liked it.” He approached me at once with that cuter than cute […]

Dear Sponsors for Simon, I’ve been a volunteer at Tabby’s Place for over fifteen years, and sometimes even I can’t believe I’ve been coming to this wonderful place for that long. I love the people and, of course, I love the cats. The work I do here isn’t very glamorous, but one of the things […]