My new friend, the one-eyed Siamese cat.
I’m an enthusiast about my small Lewes, UK, garden and, I have to say in all modesty that it is looking particularly fine at the moment with all the roses in full bloom and much else on its way.…
Tag cats
What happened to the cats in Venice?
I knew something was different about Venice since the last time I’d been there. Those empty-looking streets and squares felt strange. Then it dawned on me, unlike most Italian cities, there were no cats. No curled up purrers, no…
What is it about writers and cats?
Last year I used to have a daily visitor who would sit with me at my desk, often a warm cushion at my back but always a calming companionable presence. Sadly the animal only known to me as Cat was…
Henri le chat – Henri the great
Sidney Anyone, I assume, who has ever had pet cats is often only lucky enough to meet one extra special cat in their lives. Maybe I’m being unkind to the others but for me, my special cat has to be…
Black day for a black cat
I have sad news about my friend the neighbourly and charming black cat who has been my intermitten companion this year. She arrived in the neighbourhood and in my garden earlier this year and decided, with no encouragement from me,…
Chicken for dinner and I am suddenly popular again.
My very friendly neighbour’s cat was even friendlier than usual yesterday and decided to climb to the third floor window to my study and call me through the glass. I think it must be love because she sat there for…
Barefoot taichi….and that cat again.
Just in case any of my readers thought I was exaggerating the other day about my early morning martial arts practice being taken over by the very friendly new cat on the block. Here is photograpic evidence from this morning’s…
My new neighbour is my new friend…..soon people will be talking.
Early morning taichi has become more difficut in my garden these days since the arrival of our new neighbours, well they are a few houses away but we are a close-knit bunch here in Lewes in the UK and our…