Baby Teggs – cat as cabbage
This is the third of the pets I am introducing to you this week – the animals in my life. Baby Teggs, as her name implies, was the daughter of my cat Teggs. She was a cuddly kitten who grew…
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My Cat Teggs – her serene majesty
This week I am showing you some of the animals that have shared my homes over the years. Teggs was my second cat and she, like her illustrious predecessor Sidney was also a black and white cat. I had planned…
Sidney – the wildest of cats.
This week I thought I would introduce you to some of the animals who have been important in my life. This is Sidney. He was my first pet. I am not counting all those much loved childhood dogs and cats…
My Garden Gets X-Rated in July
After the perfect English months of May and June, July can come as a disappointment in this country – if you have a garden that is. Down here in East Sussex in the South East of England, we have had…
To be or not to be – insects’ rights
Like most of you, I hope, I have never committed a murder. Sometimes I have wished that certain people lived in a different social circle, that they could maybe emigrate to a distant continent or, maybe, even go to prison…
Sun Worship
Here in England, we are suffering from that normal mid July gloom. People are saying “where has the sun gone?” and Britain’s favourite topic of conversation, the weather, is back on top of the agenda. It just isn’t like this…
Britain Leads The World In Talking About Democracy
All you folks round the World will probably have heard a British politician or two talking about democracy over the last few years. We are very proud of our Parliamentary system – rightly so I think on the whole –…
I Have Started Looking Into The Future
I must be feeling better these days because my convalescent life is now much more like Cafe Society than sick bed. For a week now I have been partying, socializing and, in spite of my newly acquired stammer, yes, talking.…
Short Ride In A Fast Machine
I suppose it is wrong to have fun. I should have been doing something serious and cerebral on Wednesday morning this week but then this friend turned up in an open-top MG, she was smiling, the sun was shining and,…
British Soldiers March Through the Streets of Lewes
Today the Tigers came to Lewes – 200 returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. The regiment, The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment marched down the very same High Street that saw the Thomas Paine celebrations only days earlier. Hmm…..Iraq War,…