November is a month to focus on gratitude. I think since the pandemic began, gratitude is always with me. I am especially grateful for my animal friends—Stitch, Charlie and Lester. Charlie and Lester are getting on in years and Lester’s sight has gone. Consequently, they spend limited time at the barn and more time nowadays acclimating to being in the house. They’ve done amazingly well for a couple of cats that used to be relatively feral.