Category Archives: aging

scaring the cat

I didn’t intend the scare the cat, but I seem to have and that is that. She sits there purring and looking baleful: if I do it again there’ll be a jailful of me, quite unable to scare gray pussies … Continue reading

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on the paper*

woke this morning to a picture of myself on the paper cosied up to my computer screen and there’s “Yer Gretzkys” word for (translation: “fer”) word and note for note; it’s all the essence of everything I sang to Kathleen … Continue reading

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shovelling out

Old years ago, the jaunty task of cleaning out a driveway after it had filled with snow was frivolous stuff: a way of showing off for girls how easily he sectioned out each cube of snow and hurled the hefty … Continue reading

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