Felix Domesticus
Inspired by a cats blog that no longer seems to be around, I’ve been playing with a blog about our cats – from their perspective. […]
The Temporary Worker
Self-employment consists of a feast or famine existence where I am either manically busy or idle. My line of business; training and development, has a […]
Cats
I’ve been out photographing the cats again.
Peter – An Update
My sister emailed me earlier this afternoon. My mother has taken her cat, Peter, home today. A week after the road accident that left him […]
Ahmose With the Kittens
And here’s mother with her kittens:
The New Stasi?
Every so often something is presented in the news that seems at first glance to be perfectly reasonable. One such is the government’s announcement regarding […]
Pity the Poor Potato
I was going to mention this story as an amusing footnote to my discussion about politically correct language. However, I forgot, so here it is […]
Latest Kitten Pictures
The two kittens are approaching 4 weeks old. They are now starting to move about, much to the consternation of Ahmose who chases them about […]
Political Correctness – The George Orwell Approach
In the short time that she has has been blogging, Kaz has created a vigorous debate over politically correct language. I’ve no wish to revisit […]
George Orwell and Plain English
Patrick Crozier’s blog entry today reminded me of a lesson I first learned thirty years ago. I was studying English literature for my A levels. […]