The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: cats
The Garden: October, Let Me Count The Ways (Plus Bonus Dog Piccies) #garden #october #update
I know, I know but I couldn’t resist this. The lawn is on an uptick. Sure there’s winter looming, alongside another lockdown which will mean perfect weather and lots of gardening, because that’s what nature does when those capricious gods … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, gardening, miscellany, pets
Tagged cats, dog, flowers, garden, lawn, october 2020, tikka
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Tikka 1997-2020 #happycat #queenofsquawks
In September 1997 our then cleaner, knowing we’d recently lost one of our two cats, asked if we’d like a kitten to replace him. The children were keen so… we went to see the litter. There were two left. So … Continue reading
May Garden: A Half Month Report And An Anniversary #garden #springcolour
Yes, it’s been fab, here in South London. Lockdown means lots more time to improve all aspects. I’ve even had the time to follow a short video on how to make a cold frame from an old pallet – we … Continue reading
Things To Do While We Go Bonkers part whatever
First my daughter the Vet decided her cat Bozzy could do with a groom and with some help from their neighbours moggy which also got a groom, we get… A trumpcat Next it’s my cousin, a nurse (many cheers) who … Continue reading
My first cat – 1st December 1986
Yesterday I was thirty. I’m hungover and have just waved my wife off to the airport. I will be on my own for a month, the longest we’ve been apart in seven years. ‘Come over,’ say friends. ‘We’ve got you … Continue reading
Feline Lives
I write a lot about Dog; it’s natural. He and I are close. Perhaps too close. But Dog is merely the latest in a long line of family pets. Currently we have two twin sister cats: Nutmeg And Tikka. They … Continue reading
The Lore of Cats #flashfiction #shortstory
We were a dog family. Definitely. Never was a cat mentioned; indeed we didn’t really know anyone who gave a home to a cat. Then I went to University, following the Archaeologist and blow me if, when I returned after … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, prompt
Tagged Carrot Ranch Congress of Rough Writers, cats, Charli Mill's prompt, dad's poems, poem, poetry
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Re imagining the Olympics
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
Dog tired, I need a cat nap.
We had a dog when I was small. A pedigree boxer we called Punch but whose ridiculous kennel club name was Punchenello Tillingdown. He was a beast of a dog with a head the size of an asteroid and crafted … Continue reading
Posted in flash fiction, miscellany, pets, writing
Tagged cats, Charli Mill's prompt, creative writing, dogs, flash fiction, pets, writing
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The Year of the Cat
I was thirty in 1986. End of November. Some of you will remember it, some think of it as ancient history. Turning thirty is a watershed for some but I’ve always been a bit ‘meah’ about these so called important … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, London, memoires, miscellany
Tagged 1986, cats, dogs, memories, pets, The Year of the cat
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