21 January 2026 – The cat came back.

We must be more fun than a ball of wool.

(Literary allusions note: from Sandburg’s 1918 fog poem yesterday to a folk-song today that is pure cat not fog — 1890s American blues-folk origins, Harry S. Miller; 1979 Canadian folkie hit with revised lyrics, Fred Penner; 1988 Oscar-nominated 7-min. animation, the NFB. Click here for 7 minutes of delightful silliness. A break from grim real-world silliness.)