“Features cat” isn’t an attribute we see mentioned with any regularity – never, that I’m aware of – in publishers’ catalogs or library databases. Not where books intended for adult readers are concerned. We exclude for purposes of this conversation the kittens-with-mittens subgenre. Google “cats in literature,” and you’ll find the Cheshire Cat, of course, […]
I’m pretty far gone, I guess. In love with my cat. I stare at her, contemplating her mysterious wonderfulness, and she stares back in benevolent appreciation of my utility. Filler of bowls, emptier of boxes, scratcher of cheeks and chin. Witness the large ziplock bag of fur I’ve collected brushing her over the years. I’ll […]
I was startled early yesterday morning when a man digging through a sidewalk cigarette canister dead ahead of me went a wee bit bonkers, kicking the pavement with his incongruously clean work boots and shouting in short, nonsensical bursts. He didn’t look well, either. 20s, maybe, but ossified. White T-shirt dingy to an uneven shade […]
