Featured Daily Sketch: Jelly Bean Breakfast, 2012
There’s just something I love about the way Bean eats. The way he holds his ears, the straight tail that’s
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Rescue Story: Blue’s Happy Ending, 2016
This story is from a decade ago this month. I’ve been sorting through the rescue stories I’ve published here, thinking
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Daily Photo: Warm and Luxurious, and Whiskers
Lots of fur and lots of sun, and lots of whiskers alight. The sun doesn’t come in right here for
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Featured Daily Sketch: Shopping Bag Inspector, 2015
That would be Mr. Sunshine who hops into any bag that comes into the house and thoroughly inspects all corners
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TNR Webinar: How to Build a TNR Movement, February 21, 2026
If your TNR program is effective but under-recognized—or if you’re carrying too much of the work on too few shoulders—the How
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Mimi and Mewsette Monday: The Garden Faerie Queen and Her Mom, February 14, 2023
Mewsette pawses in vigorously rubbing her face on her garden chair to give me a sweet head tilt, then gets
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Featured Daily Sketch: A Warm Nap, With Variations, 2014
Mewsette and Bean were so completely relaxed on my studio floor in front of the furnace vent I had plenty
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Vintage Photo: Sunbath in the Sink, 1994
When the tiny pedestal sink filled up with sun instead of water from early to mid morning, the ceramic warmed
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Moving Things Along But Keeping the Memories
This is another entry in my series “Attachments” about the things with which we develop attachments because they have some
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From the Archives: Mr. Max on My Shoulders, February 17, 2025
Every once in a while Mr. Max would land on one of my back if I was bending over, and
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