For my friend ...

... and former colleague, Pete Clarey, whose deep affection for kitties is the stuff of legend: Authors' mews: writers and their cats.

I don't know where I fit in all this. I like cats and dogs. And birds. My cat Pandora is buried in the garden. My dogs - too many to name, but all deeply loved and still missed (most especially the noble Toby and the deeply beloved Maggie) - are long gone. Debbie and I feel it's not fair to have a dog in the city. Maybe someday.