sometimes it’s fun to read about cats. T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” fits the bill. from charming sketches that make you smile to poems extolling the virtues (and vexations) of cats, this slim book is perfect for light summer reading. and to think it inspired one of the longest running Broadway shows.

Goodnight, Taj Mahal by Andre Peltier
Deep below earth, clay and sand, deep below roots and aquifers, it lies in wait. Like that silent coyote stalking her white-tailed deer through the brush, it waits patiently and