This is exactly why you keep the doors open…

For me, one advantage of Mastodon is the ability to follow particular hashtags and for them to show up in my feed, even when I don’t follow the person who posted something using that hashtag. I follow a lot of creative types on there - music folk, writers, artists.

As a corollary, being able to mute particular hashtags is also very welcome!

Backups…? 👀

Keeping everything crossed for her. She’s beautiful.

So sorry for your loss. I hope you’re doing OK.

Little, Big by John Crowley - a book I would never be without!

This picture is the epitome of why cats are the best.

So sorry for your loss. It’s wonderful she had such a loving life, and I’ve no doubt she loved you back just as much. It’s what we want for all our little ones, but it makes their going so much harder to bear. You’ll have so many happy memories, I’m sure. 🖤🤍

Amazing!

Which one is the drawing?

Your kindness and your care for this little one are so powerful. I’ll keep everything crossed that she recovers for both of your sakes.

This is a beautiful example of why I still have hope for the human race: that we can give a love like this in the face of, and maybe even because of, adversity. Thank you for doing what you’re doing.

What a lovely thing you did. I know that stressful feeling of looking for a lost cat, too.

You’ve made their lives, particularly the son’s, infinitely better.

A cat who’s second only to this cat! Big Miles fan here.

I’m so sorry for your loss, but what a beautiful and insightful way to think about all of this, about the isolation of our own existences after they’re gone.

I still feel the gravitational pull of our own passed cats, the density of the ongoing grief, even after years and years of their absence.

What a great story, and it sounds like the bike has gone to a very appreciative cyclist! Beautiful machine.

These two are adorable!