So here are the first photos of my new kittens – Jake and Keanu, who are somewhere around eight months old. I adopted them from the local animal shelter about three weeks ago and they are so different!

Jake is all soft fur, purring, butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth sweetness. The shelter dubbed him an interesting color they called “Cameo.” Everyone else tells me he’s an orange tabby, which is only significant because for years I’ve sworn I’d never have an orange tabby. (Even my grandson, when...