“Of all God’s creatures … one cannot be made slave of the lash. If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve the man … but it would deteriorate the cat.” — Eckhard Tolle

“I can’t believe we found a small, wild panther on the street, brought him home and put him in our house. And occasionally we just leave him there … unsupervised … and go to a bar.” — Me

Special thanks to Chris Page, who snapped fingers, rubbed ears, waved strings, spilled milk, got clawed, got bitten and always acted as a top-notch photo assistant for this month-long adventure of beautiful, street-wise furballs.