Still waiting for a picture of Barack Obama holding a fluffy puppy? Snuggle up with a library cat instead! The story of Dewey, a resident of the public library in Spencer, Iowa, and the subject of a recent broadcast on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, makes me feel particularly warm and fuzzy. Though Yale can’t have a library cat, due to the requirements of a reference collection and the allergens of students, we at twofortyfive still love cats who love books. You can find your local library cat here, or just enjoy my family’s very own library cat (yes, we do have a lot of books), Oberon, who is pictured above. Reference may make him yawn, but he loves tearing apart crosswords and trying to eat corn muffins.

I personally think Yale might be uniquely suited for an unkindness of library ravens, but given that they might remove the fingers of a few patrons, we’ll probably have to stick to just having a blog. At this point, we at twofortyfive, and Oberon (anticipating turkey) wish you a very happy Thanksgiving—hopefully involving good food, good books, and very little in the way of overdue fines!