I thought you named her after a writer?
No. I opened my email one day when she was just "brand new" and she was on my "chest." Hobbes was flying through the air after Calvin, and the kitten reached out her left foreleg and touched the screen where Hobbes was...I said, "Is your name 'Hobbes'?" And she looked right in my eyes.
I put her down and a few minutes later, I said, "Hobbes! C'mere, girl!" And she came running...