Clifton Anthony is a person I would want living next door to me, my daughters and my mom.

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.

This is a quiet, gentle man who did something extraordinary,

By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog.

We wanted to teach the mothers separately, so the daughters could see them as educators. The mothers were very enthusiastic about the program. They felt more confident talking to their daughters about the dangers of HIV because they had all of the information.

(My daughters) say we need to downsize, but I was planning on living here for another 10 years. After the kids were gone, I was going to fix the rooms the way I wanted to fix them.