Due to the hecticity of the week, it transpires that yesterday was actually the tenth anniversary of Kittening Day, when our household became home to the kittens of destiny who would grow into cats of legend. Hestia is celebrating the day observed with plenty of Bird Theater after dining on kippers, the coveted human food. Her brother will always be in memory, the shadow-weight on my shoulder. They were so tiny and so much themselves, that decade ago.

