Pigeon Palette – I’ve been sitting by the back door watching those plump wood pigeons perched on the fence eyeing the bird seed the old Carer puts out and ‘scoping the garden to see if I am around. NO…O…O! You leave them alone!, she warns. So I have to sit tight, twitching. She says their […]
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Fried Brains – It’s pretty cold in here now so I have been sunbathing with my head within an inch or so of the old Carer’s desk lamp. You’ll fry your brain!’ she scolds, then that will be the end of Tuti’s Blog. She reaches out to scratch my overheated head, which I drop into […]
Tuti’s Blog #53 – Dog-whistling
Dog-whistling – It looks like two more animal person analogies are currently floating around our Deceit of Democracy: ‘Dog-whistle politics’ and ‘Lynton Crosby’s Dead Cat’. The ‘dog-whistle’ tactic is to make a comment, negative in essence, designed to attract that sector of the public who will make a knee-jerk response to any suggestion that confirms […]
Tuti’s Blog #52 – Human Interactions
Human Interactions – OK, you are asking, if I don’t like cuddles and lap-possing, what Human interactions DO I like? Well, of course, talking to me is of prime importance, although the old Carer does go on a bit with a lot of pussy-cat nonsense. But when I am curled up and the old Carer […]
Tuti’s Blog #51 – Past Feline Companions
Past Feline Companions – The old Carer didn’t get another cat person companion until she was a student in Newcastle during the 1960s. This was a female tortoiseshell (calico cat), whose name she has temporarily forgotten, but who used to accompany her everywhere, including hitch-hiking up and down the M1. Unfortunately, one flat housemate had […]
Tuti’s Blog #50 – The Cat and The Canary
The Cat and The Canary – I asked the old Carer about her previous feline friends. Well, she said, do you really want to hear sad cat tales? Her first cat companion was when she was still in primary school, aged about nine. This was a little all-black female she called Fluffy. Fluffy was very […]