Chapter 76.4: Cat Calls

I know that I shouldn't expect much of a cat, but our boy's been clammoring for the past 10 minutes for me to play with him. I've been trying to write (having already "enjoyed" cleaning the gutters; God, that stuff is disgusting!), and he keeps popping his mouth off, flicking his tail at my nose, and bopping his head under my chin.

Or maybe he's saying, if you let me out in the back yard on this lovely day, you can finish the last few pages of revisions to your novel in the porch you cleaned up. Wouldn't that be nice?

Maybe with a scotch.

Chapter 69.9: New Arrival

We've been blessed with a challenge. An abandoned kitten discovered our home the other day, and -- despite our established cat's initial objections -- we've brought this little girl into our family. She's going to be a handful, I'm sure, but she's starving for attention and love.

Her big brother will be getting lots of love and attention too, as he's got to know he's still #1. But in time we hope he'll be a good older brother. We expect he'll let us know pretty soon whether he can handle the change, and it will have to be on his terms.

Chapter 69.5: Got Candy?