The Big Picture by Lennie Peterson for May 23, 2023

Of course not. They know they’re not as big as huskies and samoyeds. Tell you what … try it with at least 40 or so before you rule it out. Preferably lynxes.

First, you need to get the cats to the sled, and herding cats is a near impossibility.

I seem to recall hearing about something called a “Sno-cat”. Is that like a sled dog?

Tell 8 cats you don’t want them to pull a sled and it may be a different story.

Look up Freya and her chariot. Bygul and Tregul.

They’ve seen the pictures of the dog wearing clip-on reindeer horns and a Christmas sweater. So, under the couch or high up on a shelf… at a safe distance.

The Iditarod commemorates a race to get a vaccine to a remote community in Alaska in dire need—back when it was universally a given that vaccines are life-saving and created with the best of intentions towards all of humanity. Which they are. The kicker is that they now start the Iditarod in Anchorage for the cameras and then re-start it elsewhere where there’s more snow these days.

Had a cat that loved to plow into snow drifts. At the same time a cat after one paw on 1/4" of snow decided he would wait until summer to venture out.