That Time I Bought a Cat
That Time I Bought a Cat (And Then Purchased Another)
In this week’s episode, I’m reading my latest Stable Roots essay — a piece about cats, yes, but also about grief, land, financial contraction, hospice care, and the quiet investments that hold us steady when everything else feels uncertain.
The year I bought two Siberian cats was the same year my father entered hospice, we lost the farm we had stewarded for two decades, and Christopher and I signed for a historic property that would become Lavender Hill.
I had never purchased a cat before. The decision felt indulgent at the time. It turns…
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