Category Archives: dogs

A Candy Year – The Years Of Dog

Posted on Feb 25, 2019 by

Six years ago, give or take a few hours we sat in a windowless room redolent of disinfectant and hope, met each other’s eye and said yes. A marriage of sorts. The start of a love affair. An act of … Continue reading →

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The Wife #filmreview

Posted on Oct 10, 2018 by

The title was a bit off putting – it rather gave the game away – as was the blurb. The cast had a lot of quality – Jonathan Pryce, Glenn Close and Christian Slater – but this whole put upon … Continue reading →

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Leisure (As Imagined By Dog) #poems #poetry

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 by

Continuing my series of re-imagined favourite poems, today we arrive at Leisure By W H Davies, no 14 on the Nation’s Fav list Leisure WHAT is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?— No time … Continue reading →

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Making A Show Of It #dog #dogshow

Posted on Jul 25, 2018 by

This week we are back with Willie Wordsworth who poemised London from Westminster Bridge. Taking him as the start I had a neat link this weekend when I visited friends on the Welsh borders near Ludlow. We had a long lovely … Continue reading →

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It’s a Dog-gone Conclusion

Posted on Jun 12, 2018 by

We are a pet house. Two ancient cats inhabit the top of the boiler or the sofa back, next to the TV. An even more ancient tortoise roams a flower bed, doing… not very much, in return for some grapes … Continue reading →

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Dog Gone (To Pot)

Posted on Apr 16, 2018 by

Blogger Barb Taub had a dog/drug experience recently which triggered a buried memory. Now it’s bubbled to the surface, I think it is time I confessed My name is Geoff and I drugged my dog We need to go back … Continue reading →

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Isle Of Dogs #filmreview

Posted on Apr 3, 2018 by

Everyone who reads this blog know I have an ongoing love interface with Dog. We get each other. When our local picture house announced their first dog friendly screening of the new Wes Anderson film, Isle Of Dogs, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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