Some names shimmer in the light, demanding attention with their brightness. Others arrive through the dark, soft-footed and inevitable, carrying secrets only they understand. In September 2025, a black kitten wandered into our lives. But if I am being completely honest, she had already arrived long before her tiny paws ever touched the pavement in […]

There is something profound about the moment we name a creature that will share our daily threshold between the known and unknown worlds. When we chose to call our feline companion Lupercalia, we did not yet understand that we were invoking one of the oldest conversations between civilization and the wild heart that beats beneath […]