SOON AFTER RETIREMENT, I DECIDED to clean my closet. My unworn teacher’s clothes took up too much space. I thought the process would be easy. But as
Friday, June 14
SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH EARL, the lovable stray cat I’d adopted. He wouldn’t eat, and instead of snoozing on his chair, he stayed outside. I made a vet appointment for the following day, but Earl didn’t come in that night. The next morning, he was n