President Dwight Eisenhower first coined the phrase “domino effect” to apply to the spread of Communism in the 1950s. Although the stakes may not be as high, my international eating and television viewing habits seem to suffer based on the same domino theory that threatened the free world.

I recently read that cats can lower a person’s blood pressure and reduce stress. I thought it was a bunch of bunk until our tabby, Roy M. Quick, entered my life.