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Tag Archives: Cat
The peculiarly deceptive tendencies of ordinary household objects
The cat was strangely uncommunicative this morning. I was chattering away in my usual inane fashion (I think I was talking about apartheid, from memory) and she wasn’t saying a thing. I mean, she’s not exactly chatty most mornings, but … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
Tagged bad eyes, Cat, deceptive cats masquerading as household objects, glasses
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A Return to Form: Erasing the Cat
The other day a friend told me that my blog had become rather boring lately. He said all my posts seemed to be about books and crosswords and stupid things, when what everyone really wanted to know about was the cat. … Continue reading
Friday night dinner with friends: leek and lemon risotto accompanied by general carnage
It’s an embarrassing thing when you invite friends over for dinner and the cat spends the entire evening mauling everything in sight. This was the first time Darrell, Sandra and family had met Seraphina Nightingale and they were initially very impressed. … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Posts I'm proudest of
Tagged Cat, cooking, dinner party, leek and lemon risotto, misbehaving cats, recipe
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An Instructive Lesson from Charlotte Bronte, or ‘Fina Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’
If rereading Jane Eyre has taught me anything, it’s that the cat is mad and will have to be shut in the attic. The only problem is we don’t have an attic. I went to Richard and explained to him … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, English fiction, Posts I'm proudest of
Tagged Books, Cat, insanity, Jane Eyre, lunacy, Mad woman in the attic, madness, uses for attics
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Initial Impressions
This morning, as I sat down at my computer with a mug of coffee and prepared to write my blog, the cat observed that my ingenious system of referring to individuals in my posts by their first initials in order … Continue reading
In Defence of Musical Theatre
‘Are you sure you don’t want to see Cats?’ I ask R. It’s being performed in Sydney for a limited season, and I’m keen to get tickets. He looks me dead in the eye. ‘Surer than I am of my … Continue reading
Every workplace has a crazy cat lady (and this time it won’t be me.)
There’s a fine line between ‘delightfully whimsical’ and ‘crazy cat lady.’ I am trying not to overstep this line, although it’s hard when I have a cat that goes on regular expeditions to bring me pilgrim offerings of dead frangipani … Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of the Cat Empire
‘I think the cat’s plotting something,’ R said. This was so supremely obvious I didn’t even deign to respond. Of course the cat was plotting something- that is what cats do. It is the nature of the universe: men sow, … Continue reading
Herding Cats
First problem – I can’t find the cat. She’s gone off on one of her expeditions next door to retrieve dead leaves. We have leaves in our own garden, of course, but the ones next door are better: they are … Continue reading
