“Is that a cat on your wallet?” I’m at the checkout counter paying for a meal. She seems amused. “It is, it is,” I say, amused also, but not because I think the cat wallet is funny, which it objectively is. Rather, I’m amused because she doesn’t know she’s looking at the tip of an […]
Cinema Paradiso When oh when is Greenville going to give itself an independent movie theater? Yesterday, I drove all the way to Asheville to watch the Fred Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? at The Fine Arts, not because it isn’t playing here, which it surprisingly still is, but because I wanted some assurance […]
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 […]
