Category Archives: dogs

It’s a Dog-gone Conclusion

Posted on June 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 April 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 April 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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Snow Doubt About It

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

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 →

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Snow Going Back #walking

Posted on March 3, 2018 by

I’m fixated with cake. Coffee too, but mostly cake. A day like we had this last week, what with the snow and cold means Dog and I need an incentive to be outside and cake does it. That and the … Continue reading →

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A Dog? You Want A Dog?

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

The Le Pard home, circa 2002 comprised four humans of various sizes, sexes and sophistications, two cats, two tortoises, the last survivors of a tropical fish experiment and a dozen whistling cockroaches. In considering the decision-making structure that existed back … Continue reading →

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A reprise and Dog

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

  It’s cold I’m drinking coffee on the hoof and Dog is cold. So why not a little tale with attitude from a year ago via Post Pied Piper #microfiction

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