Newton Stop

Newton Stop: That’s his real name. All of Newton’s bad habits were on display yesterday morning. He opened the day by scratching a chair: I want to go out on the porch. 
He came in, pulled a magazine off the chest, shredded its cover, and moved on to another chair. He knocked a box off the [...]

Happy New Year–Chuka Editon

 
Meet Chuka: he is a great cat, an Oriental shorthair, acquired from the Humane Society of Missouri the day after Newton disappeared. 
Newton must have sneaked out of the house when I had the screen door open while I talked to a departing client. He was not to be found. I went to the Humane Society [...]

Happy New Year–Something Light for the New Year

 
 
 Two weeks ago the comic strip, Rhymes with Orange, featured a large dog with its master’s shoe between its paws advising a cat, “I’d always though you had to be good before you could be great, but I’m learning that if people think you’re a great dog, no one minds if you’re not a good [...]