Ashes: A Queen in Waiting

The plaintiff, Ashes. Photo by John Zipperer.

My latest contribution to the pets section of Marina Times:

PETS
Ashes: A Queen in Waiting
By John Zipperer

An American vice president whose name I forget once defined his job as consisting of little more than checking on the president’s health each day. Still alive? OK, I’ll call back tomorrow.  

Such is the life of Ashes, a cute tuxedo cat who bides her time while her nemesis, an old Maine Coone cat named Charlie, rules the roost.  

Ashes came into our house quite by accident. ...

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Merry Christmas! Have Yourself a Very Kitty Christmas

Yes, it's cute-overload, but with no snow here in San Francisco, we make holiday scenes however we can.

So, from our household to you, our cats Ashes (bottom photo) and her older brother Charlie (top photo) both express their bewilderment of this holiday, or at least of the spangly Santa hat. I'm choosing to interpret that as their wishing one and all a wonderful Christmastime.

Merry Christmas.

We'll go back to being a no-cat-blogging zone tomorrow.