"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can look at the world in a new way. We can meet." Anne Enright

I tried to snap a pic of Bennett in scampi pose this morning but he uncurled. And yet this photo perfectly exemplifies how I am feeling today: peering out from behind the protective shield of my paws at the strange new world, and trying to figure out a way forward. The answer? Getting busy.

This is it. I'm making the switch. I don't care how long it takes to rebuild a community over here on BlueSky, I can no longer support the madness of Facebook, the daily dose of poison, the death by a hundred thousand cuts.

I'll be spreading acceptance and gratitude. Oh, and Follow me for cats.

"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend I hope I should have the guts to betray my country." - E.M. Forster

Meaning is not something we find — it is something we make, and the puzzle pieces are often the fragments of our shattered hopes and dreams. - Maria Popova