I was at a “virtual” meeting on Skype earlier this week. Usually this meeting, when held in person, is quite challenging as a particular participant is usually impolite and abrupt. Five minutes […]
I love animals. I mean really love animals. I would have a houseful of everything from horses to hamsters if I could. As it is we have 4 cats, but recently lost […]
If you have read my posts on this blog Saving Fatface and Saving Fatface Part 2 , you will be aware of my hopes of rescuing and adopting a black cat, a stray who regularly appeared in […]
A couple on months ago I published an article on this blog entitled Saving Fatface. Fatface was a stray, rather mangey looking black cat, that had been coming into our garden for some […]
A few months ago, I was sitting in our conservatory writing, when I saw a new black cat in our garden. We have a black cat, (a rescue named Buffy), and at […]
I was having a very stressful day earlier this week. The work I was doing was slow, monotonous and dull. I felt drained, empty and tired. At this point, Dennis my Burmese, […]
Walking through town this morning and bracing myself against the cold (apparently the coldest day of the year today, and snow coming later this afternoon), I couldn’t help but notice how many […]
“Only I can change my life, no one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett Like everyone, there have been times in my life when I have felt unfulfilled or discontented, […]
I was reading an article in The New York Times the other day about cats as therapists. Not cats with clipboards asking about our relationships with our mothers you understand, but […]
I was going to call this piece ‘Cats & Holidays’ but that would suggest I am going on a cat holiday. I’m not. I wish I were. Apparently there is a ‘cat […]
