GRACIE SCHROEDINGER
We adopted Gracie, a grey female cat now about 8 years old in October of 2019. I had longed for a cat for many years but kept putting it off for one excuse or another. Pinky saw a picture in the window of the Mooreland Veterinary clinic on our way to buy a bottle of Oregon distilled malt whiskey. Single-malt Scots whiskey was beyond my means and Oregons growing craft distillery manufacture, like craft brewing and craft winemaking before it, reminded those of us who have forgotten Adam Smith's virtuous cycle, an idea nearly as old as our Declaration of Independence and equally as vital, how refreshing it is to express your creativity locally. The quality has been the equal of the large distillers we had commonly relied on, and the profits stayed in the state. Pinky was living with me on my boat, and her chronic conditions and mobility issues weren't as debilitating then. That would soon change. We stepped into the clinic and were told t...