Breakfast time!

 

 We have names!

The grey and white kitten is Lilith (formerly thought a demon, now a Jewish feminist icon). Won’t eat with me in the room but finally took Churu from Katrina after a whole lot of coaxing.

The long-haired kitten is Gloria (Steinem). Will eat with me in the room, but waits for her sister to go first. Ate Churu from Katrina - after her sister did.

The kitten formerly known as The Bold One is Judith (Butler). Katrina held this kitten and fed her Churu while doing so! She’ll eat right away and come near me, but doesn't want me to pet her. (Yes, Katrina did pick her up.)

The remaining kitten, hard to see in this picture, is Adrienne (Rich). I really only believe she exists due to seeing her through the door after I’ve left the room. She’s going to be the toughest nut to crack.

The theme we chose: feminists. The fact that we ended up with all Jewish feminists is a complete coincidence. (I chose two; Katrina chose two.)

 Katrina knows that the way to a kitten’s heart is churu.

I am not surprised at all that she’s better at this than I am.

We seriously need to name this kitten so I can stop calling her The Bold One.

And by bold, I mean I am across the room and she is on the cat tree.

Two down, two to go in Operation Breakfast! One kitten ate as soon as I put down the food and retreated to the other side of the room and has commenced post-food grooming. This kitten waited for her sister to be done and then kept poking her head out of her hiding spot to make sure I’m not making any moves.

Meet our new foster crew! These four 8-week-olds are in for a crash course in socialization but they’re definitely not ready to say hi. Katrina nixed my Simchat Torah names idea, so I think we’re going with feminists. Who are your favorite feminists?

 With Biden announcing his Covid Task Force, I would like to introduce our personal recommendations. They're a bit lacking in education, but they're willing to use brute force and they beat any human in the cuteness factor! (Note that we got two several-minute-long videos of other kittens fighting COVID, but there were inconvenient human bodies in the frame so I leave you with a short one of Inness.)