Surplus Cats

When I was four, I was given two goldfish on Valentine’s Day; Stripe and Spot. One morning a few weeks later only Spot, twice his usual size, was in the bowl. When I asked Mom what happened she said, “When two fishes love each other very much they stick together and become one.” I’ve been [...]

Whenever I think of Texas I am reminded of that awful overnight layover in Houston in 2000 that ended with me wedged in a crowded terminal with a slow-talking couple and their large brood named Faith, Justice, Liberty, Freedom, and the smallest one saddled with Jubilee. I was reading a news magazine featuring a dinosaur [...]

My gramma had a dachshund for nearly thirty years — at least as far as she was concerned. In reality my grandfather would go to the pound for a new one of similar size when Sally would pass, and pass her off as the previous Sally. He didn’t mean to trick her. The first time [...]