Tag: cats

  • Her Glamorous Life

    Her Glamorous Life

    Snow White—17 years old—didn’t come meowing for food when I entered the kitchen at 6 a.m. An hour later I found her lying motionless on the sofa. I stared until she moved, slightly, nestling her…

  • A morning’s tale

    A morning’s tale

    Instead of screaming, I turned on the faucet.

  • Lessons from Cats: Jasper’s Clever Cleanup Routine

    Lessons from Cats: Jasper’s Clever Cleanup Routine

    My daughter and I have three cats—all rescues: There’s Snow White, our 16-year-old queen and my daughter’s consigliere, who, despite requiring thrice-a-week medication injections to keep her kidneys functioning, rules this place absolutely. There’s subtle Mango,…

  • A thousand tiny pieces

    A thousand tiny pieces

    Snow White pushed a stack of ceramic espresso dishes off of the kitchen counter this morning, to see how many of them would smash into a thousand tiny pieces. The answer was most of them.