Driving home from Seattle with cats

"Are you a cat person or a dog person?" a friend asked one day. "Yes," I answered. I like pets. I haven't had a cat or dog for some years now because I travel a lot.

So why was I driving home from Seattle in the middle of winter with Fat Louie and Penguina perched on a chair in the back of my van giving me the evil eye? I'm a sucker. I am easily had. I have known these two critters since they were pliant kittens, dragged around in doll clothes by my granddaughter. I was there when she gave them a bath in the toilet bowl. I went to bed many a night in the guest room with one draped over my h...