Please, please, please adopt a cat this week and give thanks for companionship, warmth, and a new friend who purrs:

Chicago Tribune | Cats multiplying like rabbits

David and I adopted Riley Cat Gibbs after a long spell of catlessness, and have had so much fun playing with him and getting to know his beguiling little ways. We’re so grateful we helped rescue him, and we’re grateful to the folks at PACT Humane Society who helped.

There are several links to Chicago-area shelters in the Trib story – to that I’ll add a link to PACT Humane Society, Chicagoland’s largest all-volunteer, no-kill animal shelter.