This book, Love Is a Special Way of Feeling by Joan Walsh Anglund was an antique mall find by Phebe. Usually episodes feature fully developed cat characters, but in this small book of sweet verse there is a one-line mention of a cat, so Phebe deemed it acceptable for the podcast, especially since we’re in the season of love and light…and this book is just so very, very sweet. Give yourself a nine minute escape with this 1960’s book of joy.

Phebe has been away from the podcast. At the end of August, a homeless cat, she named TillySue, gave birth in her podcast recording closet to five kittens. Stay for the very end of this episode for the calming sound of TillySue’s nursing, purring kittens. You may see their photos on the website, The Literary Catcast (dot) com.