Category Archives: The Baxter Files

This is Richard, my other neighbor’s brand new beagle puppy. Richard hopped and wiggled his enthusiastic way into the neighborhood just a few weeks ago. He’s the cutest, sweetest puppy ever — and probably the most hyper; he is always … Continue reading →

Retraction: It has come to the author’s attention that a certain geriatric* cat is very much alive and comfortably ensconced in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Next Door Neighbor. In fact, these sources tell me, Baxter is morphing daily … Continue reading →

Last night I had a terrible dream. I look out of the window of my kitchen door to find something small and sinister on my porch. It is a dark mass, so black it’s hard to distinguish. But as I … Continue reading →

When referring to her cat Spencer’s ability to jump rapidly from one narcissistic desire to the next, forgetting each successive thing as if it never existed, my friend Diana used to call it “10-second Cat Memory.” I am here to … Continue reading →