A gray tabby cat — my Max, fondly remembered — sits in a green shopping basket with a placard on its side that reads “Nutro Max” (the pet food brand) with MAX in large black letters. He looks up with a wide-eyed expression that to me is both adorable and defiant. The lighting highlights his face while keeping the basket’s interior in shadow. Around the basket at the edges of the photo are glimpses of various indeterminate household objects.