Week 278: Hungry Cat; Will Travel

NOTEWORTHY NEWS FROM WILLS · 11/6/2026

How you doin’?

So … did y’all notice anything different ’bout my column this week? ‘Course you did! I got a whole new design to work with, and it’s all ’cause my pal Michael decided he wanted to help us out and develop a brand new website. Y’all ‘member Michael – he’s the computer-savvy dude who really likes cats! Anyway, the new website is going live, literally as we speak, but I talked my assistant into helping me with my column rather than sitting there watching a website get launched.

But I digress, as I’ve been known to do before. I was talking ’bout the new look for my column. My assistant decided that since PFOA was gettin’ a jazzy new look, moi is prob’ly entitled to a new look too! Seems fair to me. So I hope y’all like it!

We had one of our own leave the building this week for his new furrever home. Bowman is a real cool guy, ’bout a year old, all black ‘cept a little spot of white. He’s real affectionate, loves being ’round people, and loves to make biscuits. Staff nicknamed him The King of Purrs, and he’s sure lived up to it. His new family is gettin’ a grrreat kit!

Meet Jackie

And now y’all get to meet our COTW (that’s Cat of the Week, in case y’all wondered). Our Jackie is a super sweet little cat, ’bout a year old, mebbe a little more. She’s definitely on the smallish side, and she’s got a super longhair grrreat coat. Staff calls her a silver tabby, and I just had to check that one out. I’m not convinced that she’s silver, but she definitely has a stunning coat that’s a bit of an unusual color.

She was found at an AirBNB, of all places! I asked her ’bout that, and she ‘splained that she was hungry and thirsty and the people who were staying there were real nice, so she just kinda moved right in. And she decided she liked it there (and probl’y liked the food, too), so she refused to leave! Now, that’s a cat I can identify with!

The housekeeper at the AirBNB was kinda worried ’bout Jackie bein’ out there all by herself, so she got ahold of Friends of Forks Animals and they helped Jackie and brought her to Safe Haven to find a furrever home (we don’t know if she’s ever had one of those before!)

Here’s a couple photos of Jackie – isn’t she pretty?

So if y’all are totally blown away by this gorgeous gal, just pick up your phone, give us a call for an appointment, and come meet Jackie. She’s a real sweetie!

So before I close this latest and grrreatest column o’mine, I did want to include a grrreat big Wills-size THANK YOU to Airport Garden Center for their excellent food drive for us kitties, and to tell y’all that they also have a PFOA account that you can donate to for kitty supplies.

Thanks for listening!

p.s. This Sunday, the Sequim Grange is hosting a benefit breakfast for us kitties. It’s gonna be a lot of fun, and y’all can get the particular details from our website or flyers. But I will tell you that it’s on Sunday morning, November 8, from 7:30 am – 12:00 pm, and it sounds to me like it’s gonna be a real tasty breakfast!

p.p.s. Guess what! Christmas bazaars begin tomorrow, and our Potholder Team will be at the OPA Gym in Sequim from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. So’s now is your first chance to grab some of those fantastic potholders and other grrreat stuff the team makes by hand! They make grrreat Christmas gifts, but I betcha already knew that!

p.p.p.s. And last, but certainly not least, we are running kinda short on Baby Blue Kitten Food (dry) and Fancy Feast kitten food (wet) – chicken and turkey are the best, and of course, are the ones that are eaten up the first. I bet y’all wanna know why we’re running short. Am I right? Of course I am! Well, I’ll tell you. We have lotsa kittens coming in over the next few weeks (and have some in house right now), and we know that kittens have grrreat appetites.

11/6/2026