My late brother, J. J. Norton (the poet), gave my two cats, Cromwell (grey and white American short hair) and Theta (lynx point Siamese), the title of The Pelts.

He and I shared a house when I was in college, and he considered it selfish for both cats to be sleeping on one of our beds during winter months. We had to share. They generated so much heat and warmth, they were not only good company, but a necessity.

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