Since this week's Culture story is about pets, this is as good a time as any to give an update on the cat my wife and I adopted from the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society last spring. When I first wrote about ...

Give your cat a bell: Bells are recommended for outside cats ... Tin foil or double-sided tape: Cats hate the crinkly feel and sound of tinfoil. They also despise things sticking to their paws.