Last week I mentioned a new cat in the Drum family. There is more to the Drum family than just Marian and me, though, and the new cat is a brown tabby who decided to adopt my mother a few days ago.

You all remember Meowser, don’t you? Refresher here, for those of you who have forgotten about the Great Meowser Hunt. Anyway, guess what? It turns out that Meowser is female. Very, very female. When ...