She likes to walk in the woods in Woodstock, not far from her cozy apartment. If this were the best of all possible worlds, she would spend summers in Scandinavia. But she cannot afford it. She's also a cat person.
Cats drive people to extremes.
If Crispell did not have to pay for the cat-sitter she might be able to afford to live in Scandinavia in the summertime. In an old Garfield comic strip, two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them peacefully reads the newspaper, the other is drowning in a sea of cats. Crispell and her cat have been together for 14 years. Only a few hours north of New York City, Woodstock is a place-name that recalls a vivid image.