Tag Archives: dogs

My green and pleasant land

Posted on May 30, 2015 by TanGental

I was brought up, in those formative years between 11 and 18 in a New Forest Cottage. When mum sold in 2006, she moved into a small local town and that was my last real contact with life in the … Continue reading →

Posted in London, walking | Tagged , , , , | 22 Comments

The Numbers Game

Posted on Feb 14, 2015 by TanGental

I seem to hang on to numbers. Names melt like butter in the sun, faces fade quicker than a 1980 fax (sorry for you youngsters; a cultural allusion, like Vesta Curry and Stay Press – you’ll have to ask Dr … Continue reading →

Posted in families, memoires, miscellany | Tagged , , , , , | 31 Comments

The Year of the Cat

Posted on Feb 7, 2015 by TanGental

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 , , , , , | 22 Comments

Dogs

Posted on Jan 2, 2015 by TanGental

They seem to be a bit of a theme, given I’ve just posted the start of my novel in posts that is inspired by dogs. A while back I wrote this poem, having watched my then dog Blitz do his … Continue reading →

Posted in poems, poetry, writing | Tagged , , | 11 Comments