Fishing

The Last Cigarette Lena pulled her worn coat tighter, the late autumn air biting at her cheeks. The old park bench, where she and Michael had sat every evening for forty years, felt cold and empty tonight. She fumbled in her pocket for the last cigarette, her hands trembling. It was a habit she was…

Cats are the ultimate con artists of the animal kingdom. They sauntered into human life around 9,000 years ago in the Near East, not because they loved us, but because we were sloppy with grain and therefore rich in mice. One clever feline looked at our rodent problem, looked at our warm laps, and basically…