Happy December, Team TNR! Here we are, together, at the hinge of the year. How many lives have you lived since the first days of carefully writing 2-0-2-3? I earnestly hope the joys coated the sorrows like a snowcap of confectioner’s sugar. I hope you and your loved ones are wrapped in sweet peace even […]

Happy Thanksgiving, dear sponsors! What’s that? Am I a smidge early? They haven’t even inflated the Snoopy float. All the turkeys and Tofurkeys are frozen. Cranberry sauces still sit in their silver cylinders like corn-syrupy soldiers. To which I say: happy Thanksgiving anyway! When you’re at Tabby’s Place, you’re living a kind of Groundhog Day, […]

Happy October, sweet pumpkins! Yes, I am quite fond of you. But that particular greeting comes at the request of Wario. I can explain. You may have heard the enchanting quote, “I’m so glad I live in the world where there are Octobers.” I share that sentiment with every Skittle in my spirit. This is […]

Happy New Year, Team TNR! What? Huh? No, I haven’t lost my mind (although the argument could be made that it was never mine to lose). If you’ve ever exulted in the aroma of new pencils, you know where I’m coming from. September is a second January, all golden with new beginnings. My inner elementary […]

Happy Perseids, TNR stars! Others may lament the “dog days” of summer, but the cats are counting comets over their solariums. Mid-August brings the zestiest meteor shower of the year to our humble corner of New Jersey. But then, we’re often starstruck at Tabby’s Place. Just consider Apollo. Named for the Greek god of sun, […]