Cats: They love those special places
I was cleaning out my bedroom trunk today -- it's a favorite family heirloom that once belonged to my grandfather (I'd refurbished it 15 years ago when I added cedar lining).

I wound up with a bag of sweaters for the Salvation Army. But the best part: Annie the cat was delighted to discover a wonderful new spot to curl up while I worked. She purred the whole time, lying on an old wool quilt I'd purchased at an auction in the 1980s at the Clay County Iowa Fair.

It was last summer that I found her in my empty Apple computer box. iCat:



Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(
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