Life with cats, and other things…
"Glad to see you finally got your clothes back on. You were looking dead scruffy!" When you spend a lot of time in your own head you imagine all sorts of conversations. Your imagination may very well run away with itself. Take, for example, what I said yesterday about being stigmatised when my parents took … Continue reading Better late
1938/15th May 2026 Earlier in the week, warm weather persuaded us to open the air vents and attempt to activate the air conditioner. It wasn't unpleasantly hot, but it is better to find out early on if maintenance is needed. Sure enough, I was soon on the phone to the fix-it folk who penciled us … Continue reading Home
Kep, Cambodia 1961 It may have been my Christmas present in 1956, or perhaps a 9th birthday gift the following February. At any rate, it was thereabouts that I was given the Kodak Brownie with which I took a few photographs when I went back to boarding school in Kep. . My first camera was … Continue reading Escape
A very wet field, 15th May 2026 There is a saying: "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Applying that logic, when the weather brings rain - celebrate wetness! In the same way that I am captivated by snow and ice, I am drawn to water drops. . How can you be expected to celebrate … Continue reading Grace
View Preview↗ 4th May 2026 In search of new territory, we've lately been looking South, as we did on Monday. Because many of the sites we would like to visit are inside national parks that are not yet open, it has mostly been a matter of checking the lay of the land. There was an … Continue reading No sense
1835/30th April 2026 Like "love", I think the word "hate" is used far too freely. I may sometimes describe something or someone as hateful, but I avoid saying that I hate. It was never possible for me to hate even people who caused me pain, because hatred is something that gets inside you and eats … Continue reading Patches of blue
0802/26th April 2026 It's Tuesday afternoon as I begin to write. Normally, I start soon after breakfast but today we went for an impromptu drive which I shall no doubt relate after I've had a chance to look at the photographs. It has become my practice to write my posts the day before I publish … Continue reading Becoming obsessed
0550/23rd April 2026 The large great Dane - or whatever it was, since it did not stop for introductions, disappeared up the hill and was seen no more. Next day, when we met up with a queue of dogs waiting to see the vet at Tractor Supply, I noticed a great Dane that might just … Continue reading Put down
21st April 2026 Going to Bennington, we more often than not take Turnpike Road where we always slow down to wave hello to friends. Another white donkey lives across the road. . It's horse companion is nowhere to be seen lately, so it is alone which seems sad but no doubt there is a reason … Continue reading Strange?
18th April 2026'uyrw Finding but a single duck in the wetland, we continued our journey toward Lake Champlain. An unintentionally circuitous route brought us eventually to Fort Cassin Road where I recognised the very tree where the waxwings had flocked only a week before. Alas, not a one in sight. . The woods were flooded … Continue reading Bliss