It can be odd the ways in which one's mind plays tricks on us. My mind certainly. Today is the 25th anniversary of my arrival in Australia.

Thistle the Cat takes charge.

Chance of a shower ... said the weather forecast.

As Milton wrote, "They also serve who only stand and wait." Does that apply to cats?

Thistle The Cat sleeps soundly. I was in the mood for the bleakness of 20th Century Modernism. Go figure.

Happiness is a cat whose human is home (and vice versa).

We awoke a little late. I think we have a plausible excuse (see the preceding 55 hours). As I should have anticipated, there were no...