I remember seeing the film Control in theaters. I have no idea what it was about at the time—a friend at work had wanted to go see it and asked if I wanted to join him. I said yes, and dove into the world of Ian Curtis and Joy Division. I didn’t even know he killed...

Home. Wiped. Good god I’m so tired. Travel does that! Coops was waiting for me when I got home. All by himself, poor guy, but he’d been taken care of throughout the day. Sweet boy. He was so happy to see me…and now it’s like I never left. He was ready to do nighttime...

Joy is my little companion, now. We’re super duper bonded. My little shadow. She’s often asking now to be up on my lap, where she lets out a big sigh and falls asleep. Even Coco wouldn’t ASK to be on my lap. Not really, anyway. She’d look at me sometimes with big...