Category Archives: Animals

Dancing Like A Tortoise

Posted on Jun 11, 2022 by TanGental

Vicky is 80 plus, but girl has she still got it.

Posted in Animals, pets | Tagged dancing, tortoise | 28 Comments

Love…

Posted on May 8, 2022 by TanGental

I’m in Northern Ireland. I miss Dog. Does he miss me…?

Posted in Animals, dog, travel | Tagged dog, Northern Ireland, travel | 24 Comments

Funny old world. I was with the Vet and the Pest Controller who were looking at a house they might buy and we passed a dog. A boxer. I’d fallen behind them – for some reason I’d felt the urge … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, anthology, family, memories, miscellany, pets | Tagged boxer, dogs, family, memories, pets, punch | 27 Comments

Equine Ambivalence

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 by TanGental

The other day I wrote a post that included a picture of a horse. Someone saw it and expressed a certain concern, wondering if it was happy. It does have notes of eeyore about him. But I was ambivalent, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, humour, miscellany, thought | Tagged horses, humour, thoughts | 44 Comments

A Time in Africa – Part two #travel #memoir #africa

Posted on Jan 26, 2017 by TanGental

In part one we were in Tanzania and we had had a wonderful time; our guide, Moses took us to the Kenya border to meet our Kenyan guide. Once again I’m not sure I remember his name correctly but it … Continue reading →

Posted in africa, Animals, holidays, miscellany, Photograph, wildlife | Tagged africa, Kenya, masa, serengeti, wildlife | 43 Comments

A Time In Africa – part one #memoirs #africa #Safari

Posted on Jan 18, 2017 by TanGental

In 1988, I had turned 30, been married 4 years and been a partner in my law firm 12 months. The Textiliste and I had undertaken a rather crazy project of refurbishing a house in Herne Hill, South London which, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, memories, miscellany, Photograph, travel | Tagged holiday, humour, Kenya, Tanzania, travel | 54 Comments

Top 10 Lessons from 2016 #Caninephilosophy

Posted on Dec 31, 2016 by TanGental

1. If you leave it out it will get eaten. 2. Brexit means little if there’s no chicken left. 3. If humans adopted a dog’s approach to greeting another, by checking out each other’s arses, they’d know, early on, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, family, humour, miscellany | Tagged 2016, dog's life, humour, philosophy | 53 Comments

Big Brown Dog – For Charli

Posted on Oct 7, 2016 by TanGental

October 5, 2016 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a Big Brown Dog. I just want to read Big Brown Dog stories this week. I know dogs arn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but you … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, flash fiction | Tagged boxers, Carrot Ranch Congress of Rough Writers, Charli Mills, dog show, flash fiction, humour | 30 Comments

Grief that first time

Posted on Mar 6, 2016 by TanGental

Punch and Mum, circa 1960 Sometimes, amongst the flippancy and frivolity, there’s different emotion lurking. Sacha Black offers prompts weekly at Writespiration Punch leading the way out of the box… This week it is Write about a nostalgia that hurts … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, family, memories | Tagged dog, nostalgia, punch, Sacha Black, writespiration | 47 Comments

Re imagining the Olympics

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 by TanGental

I live in London, close but not too close to the smoking sink of sin that is the City. We have a decent sized garden (actually bloody huge for around here). And we have wildlife. Once a hedgehog crossed the … Continue reading →