Josie Castel is a humor columnist/editor at a city newspaper. Sweet & Sour. She lives in beautiful Buenaventura ~by the sea~ California, only she's stuck inland by an orchard filled with spiders. Helping her kill the spiders are her husband Bert and 20-pound cat Walter. His goal is 23. When she isn't killing spiders or feeding Walter she enjoys road trips, photography and old barn sales.