cats
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Cheery marauding street dogs
I’m in Istanbul for a wedding. My friend has lived here for years and I’ve visited when I can, but this is my first time in summer for a while. The airport was pristine: a less honest gateway to a chaotic city than London’s claustrophobic Gatwick. We were picked up by a pimp-my-ride people carrier Read more
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Songwriting is like welding two cars together but you don’t know where either car came from
I was going to go to an open mic tonight, and practiced three songs of mine and one cover in preparation. I then banged my head on the entrance to a medieval alley – York, knock it all down and start again – and took longer than I expected to make dinner. And lo, was Read more
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Cats, The Bag Of Nails pub, Bristol
There was a bit of a craze for cat cafes in England a few years ago, the concept borrowed from the home of the laser-focused theme restaurant, Japan. The mania seems to have cooled, and here’s hoping all those cats are still being well looked after and are getting a decent number of treats. The Read more
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Dinky
Another cat sitting gig, this time in Tooting. When sitting for wealthy, professional, liberal Londoners, the inside of their houses all merge together after a while. The same brand of ideologically well-meaning toilet paper. The same cook books. A piano for the children (the same children). The cats, though, differ. This latest one was sassy, Read more
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(Fe)line after line is all I remember
Dexter was an old cat, already eligible for his senior catcard when my housemate took him in. This was reflected in his nickname: Old Man Trousers. I’ll remember OMT most in the front garden of the flat, either on or near the stepladder he used to gain entry to the living room. It would always Read more
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Fancy letting me sit on your pet?
I am not sure how many people out there in reading-my-blog land [1] are aware, I do the odd bit of pet-sitting. I am proud of my 100% record of handing over non-dead animals back to their owners. Sad will be the day when I have to invest in an “It has been X days Read more
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