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Category Archives: dogs
The Wife #filmreview
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
Posted in dogs, Film, gardens, miscellany, review
Tagged dog, film review, garden, the Wife
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Leisure (As Imagined By Dog) #poems #poetry
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
Posted in comedy, dogs, humour, miscellany, poems, poetry
Tagged dog, poem, poetry, W.H. Davies
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Making A Show Of It #dog #dogshow
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
It’s a Dog-gone Conclusion
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
Dog Gone (To Pot)
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
Isle Of Dogs #filmreview
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
Posted in dogs, Film, miscellany, review
Tagged dog, dog friendly, film review, Isle of Dogs, wes andersen
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Snow Doubt About It
There are days when getting outside for a walk is a struggle. Too many jobs to do, that awkward call to make, the badly scheduled appointment. And then there’s snow. We don’t get a lot of snow in South London. … Continue reading