Not once today, but twice the phone rang and on the other end was someone saying, um, do you own a cat named "Fil"?

Uh, why, yes I do. What seems to be the problem?

The first time it was the neighbor across the street. This is to be expected. It makes me incredibly nervous depsite the relative lack of traffic around these parts, but I've seen Fil cross the street on innumerable occasions. The second call was from someone half a block down Arrowhead street about 500 meters away from the house. This makes me worry.

I love the fact that Fil likes to explore. What else would you expect from such a cosmopolitan, jet-setting kitten? However two calls in one day and the second coming from so far away make me think that I need to put her under house arrest. I don't want to kill her spirit, but I can't think how I would feel If I lost her. I do have some idea.

When I went to pick up Fil from the the second neighbor, a woman named Tanya, she told me that one of her cats had died the other day and that Fil was just like an angel. Then she started crying. I felt horrible. I didn't know what to do or say. I fully empathized with her. And Fil is, indeed, an angel. But what can one say in that situation?