Category Archives: Animals

Equine Ambivalence

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 by

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 →

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

Posted on Jan 26, 2017 by

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 →

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

Posted on Jan 18, 2017 by

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 →

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Buster & Moo – an update #amwriting #novel

Posted on Jan 4, 2017 by

‘The rehomer led in a stocky, predominantly white male. On his ears and flank he had large brown patches. “The brindle one has kennel cough so unless you really wanted to wait for her, I thought I’d bring the next … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Lessons from 2016 #Caninephilosophy

Posted on Dec 31, 2016 by

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 →

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Big Brown Dog – For Charli

Posted on Oct 7, 2016 by

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 →

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Grief that first time

Posted on Mar 6, 2016 by

Sometimes, amongst the flippancy and frivolity, there’s different emotion lurking. Sacha Black offers prompts weekly at Writespiration This week it is Write about a nostalgia that hurts in less than 200 words

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