fiction – The Chester Chronicles

Porch Pirates

Catnapping Has the following happened to you? You’re at home waiting anxiously for your Amazon package to arrive. Then you receive an alert on your phone that includes a photo showing you it has indeed landed. In a minute you open your front door, look down, and………. It’s there. Except your cat, who you justContinue reading “Porch Pirates”

Eraserpaw

Auld Lang Syne “A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” – Oscar Wilde Congratulations. We’re halfway through January and some of you have stayed true to your New Year’s resolutions. But what happens if your goals are sabotaged by your cat? We’re not talking about your felineContinue reading “Eraserpaw”

No Soup For You

Catatouille A word of advice: if you’re a cat owner, never turn your back on what you have cooking on the stove. You might not like what you find in the pot. Then again, we all have different tastes, and you could just compliment your feline chef for the added ingredient. Such was the caseContinue reading “No Soup For You”

Unequal Justice

Size Matters “It’s not the size of the dog cat in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog cat.” Mark Twain (as edited by a cat) Law enforcement recently discovered that Mark Twain was correct, though it doesn’t hurt to be a large feline. In Thailand, a small cat named NubContinue reading “Unequal Justice”

Going Dutch

Shanghaied in Amsterdam We recently went on a vacation to the Netherlands. Just my wife, Genifer, our youngest daughter, Lily, and I. At least that’s what we thought. Our cat Chester had other ideas. I broke the news of our pending trip to him a few days before we left. Not one for liking change,Continue reading “Going Dutch”

Cats Know Stuff

Credit Fraud Great discoveries in virology include Doctor Jonas Salk, who created the first effective vaccine for polio; Doctors Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó’s pioneering work on messenger RNA that helped find a quick vaccine for COVID-19; and Pepper the cat, who discovered the first-ever jeilongvirus to be found in the United States. Of course,Continue reading “Cats Know Stuff”