Music and Cats

Driving west on the I-90 floating bridge, I glance up at a large, dark bird-shape ahead. Not all dark; a moment’s inspection reveals a showy, snowy head. A bald eagle is flying east along the Interstate.
This stretch of road is dangerous; its ever-changing vista of mountain, lake and sky beguiles the eye. Were I […]

I am enchanted by the tufts of silky, startlingly white fur that grow between the soft pink pads of Sasha’s paws. This fur grows in all directions, giving those paws an unkempt look even when freshly bathed. Texturally, the tufts have more in common with the long black guard hairs along his spine than with […]

1. It is still light out when I get home from work.

2. It is still light out when I get home from work.

3. It is still light out when I get home from work.

Hey, look! A little scrap of good news coming from the U.S. Capitol! There’s a move afoot in the Senate to provide funding for some Katrina Cottages, no matter what the President and FEMA think about it. How? By using the time-honored Congressional tradition of tacking the funding onto a must-pass appropriations bill primarily intended […]

Yesterday afternoon, Ben Rosow rode his bicycle around his neighborhood in New Orleans. What he found moved him to tears of joy. Me, too.