Life with cats, and other things…
0740/16th March 2025 . A blustery March morning. As the outdoor temperature rises, I seem to feel more cold indoors, as was always the case, nonsensical as that may be. . Maintaining a comfortable body temperature has been a challenge to me all my adult life, always at least a degree too warm or too … Continue reading Discomfort
4th February, 2025 . The ice cap is receding. Not the ice cap/s. Our personal one. . You wouldn't know to look at it, but temperatures these past couple of days have been positively balmy, so the melt is on - for now. . The lane out to the state route is a quagmire. It's … Continue reading Adversity
10th October 2024 . The bedside lamp illuminated my clock which advised that it was ten to six, so I switched off and turned over, only to hear, in the same instant, the man clattering upstairs with his feline entourage. "Stay snuggy!" he called gaily, as if such a thing was remotely possible once the … Continue reading Dark mornings
1946/29th March 2024 "There's not a single egg in this Easter basket!" "It's not an Easter basket, Dee Dee." "And cats don't get Easter eggs." . As a kid, before we went abroad, I looked forward to Easter because we always got a Cadbury's chocolate egg that was filled with more chocolates. There was also … Continue reading Bunnies