Happy February, valiant Valentines. You should know that Tabby’s Place lives by its own schedule. You might say we take hold of the calendar, shake it out like a dusty old quilt, and let the holidays cover the year like a plush carpet. This is particularly the case when it comes to Valentine’s Day. With […]

Happy New Year, dear Team TNR! I hope your holiday hubbub was a triumph of tenderness, and that 2024 is off to a sweet and peaceful start. New Year’s has always been one of my favorite holidays, an annual “excuse” to indulge in the hope and optimism we are sometimes too scared to voice. By […]

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 […]