Good story Al, glad your cat is better.

I've had cats all my life. Can't imagine living without a cat around. Current cat is all black too, Bajita, named for the combination of baja = lower and "ita" = little from when she was a baby kitten among big cats.

Can't recall the name of the lady who wrote it, but she said something along the lines of " 'tis a fearful thing to love something you know will die." Which fits for cat ownership for me. I know when I pick a new one that I'll probably outlive it. Had a Siamese that made 21 years.

One reason my local WalMart sells a lot of garment bags, keeping my kilts cat hair free.

As much as I enjoy kilting, if it came down to it and I had to chose between kilts and cats for some reason I'd pick cats.

Ron