Goodbye to a feline friend

Cats can be more truthful and loyal than many human beings, teaching us something new about the universe in a way that no educational institution could.

LONG before the “crazy cat man” became a subject of memes, I proclaimed my adoration of cats. When I was nine, I wrote an ode to my cat Lizzy, and the whole class either sang it spiritedly with me or asked me to shut up.