Forgot to mention I had some nice news this weekend. Some of you might remember that in addition to L.L. (the porch kitty), his sister Black Kitty used to hang around as well. About a year and a half ago some well-intentioned neighbors trapped her and brought her to the animal shelter. When I found out, I went to the shelter to visit her (it turned out she also had kittens), and it broke my heart. She was depressed and sick. I found out a bit later that her babies all got sick and died, and Black Kitty got very sick as well and was put into a “foster” home to see if she would get better. I never heard about her again and just assumed that she died. It happens. Anyway. At the volunteer orientation on Saturday, I met the gentleman who fosters stray cats in this area, and it turned out that he fostered Black Kitty. Turns out she did get better, and because she was feral, got placed in a barn, and is currently doing fine and probably chasing mice around all day. That makes me happy.