Traveling With a Determined Cat
My folks tell me that Boots was the liveliest of his litter. But Boots was a cat, so he was often anything but lively. Regal, yes; spritely, no. His capacity for liveliness may explain why my father made a strong wooden box for him. A little context about that. While I was growing up, my folks would spend a week's vacation somewhere in Minnesota's lake country, north of Park Rapids. One year they took Boots along. Maybe they had the previous year, too, and that was why Dad made that box.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America . (While on vacation, the family cat broke out of a pet carrier. Our regal and occasionally tranquilized cat. How I see animals, emotions, and making sense.)
