Loni's account in yesterday's FML of her ferret Dot's visit with her mother
was very moving.  She ended "When we lose a furkid, we hurt.  Of course it
must hurt them to lose one of us, too."
 
This isn't ferret-related, but I was reminded of a poem by Wislawa
Szymborska, the 1996 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature.  It's called "Cat
in an empty apartment".  An English translation may be seen at:
 
        http://redfrog.norconnect.no/~poems/poems/00306.html
 
One thing we haven't talked about on this list (at least in my tenure) is
what happens to our pets when something happens to *us*.  How should we make
sure that they are provided for in our temporary or longer absence?
 
-- Lee
[Posted in FML issue 1892]