cats

My daughter and I have three cats—all rescues: There’s Snow White, our 16-year-old queen and my daughter’s consigliere, who, despite requiring thrice-a-week medication injections to keep her kidneys functioning, rules this place absolutely. There’s subtle Mango, whose first year of life involved struggling to survive—and avoid human contact—in a weedy vacant lot adjoining the United Nations […]

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It’s UK publication day for ‘Let Sleeping Cats Lie’, my collection of poems about pets. I wrote the for book children, aged between 7 and 95, and it’s available through all the usual bookshop places. You can find some of the online retailers here: https://linktr.ee/brianbilston There are a few signed copies knocking about, too. Here’s…

Peter Dutton’s shadow minister for home and foreign affairs, Barnaby Joyce, has told colleagues that he is puzzled by Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, being upset by people eating pussy. ”I understand that for men of a certain generation there is... Read More ›

A local feline has expressed horror at the prospect of spending any of its next eight lives as the pet of the crazy cat lady it is living with in this life. “I’d rather come back as a rat catcher... Read More ›

Australia’s cats have been warned to treat the strange bag that is sitting in the middle of the lounge room with caution and suspicion. “Its intentions and purpose are unknown at this present time and it wasn’t there this morning... Read More ›

Welcome to Wiener Wednesday! This week’s recipe comes from an October 1975 issue of Seventeen Magazine.   IT’S DOG EAT DOG! Partytime or anytime, serve America’s under-the-umbrella favorite in an irresistible  round-about way: Slash frankfurters along one side, broil, and place on a hamburger bun. Fill the center with taste-tempting delights like the ones shownContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: The Frank Sinatra (1975) →

Tell me, what is it about this position that interests you? The warmth, perhaps? The security? Or the power you must feel by rendering me useless? Feel free to expand if you wish.  I see you have had experience of similar positions. Can you talk about a time when you got someone’s tongue? Or were…

First thing after her breakfast, Snow White climbed into a small, half-filled paper and cardboard recycling box.

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Right, where were we? Back in the 80s, a bunch of pissed blokes ran some boats aground in Sydney Harbour, much to the consternation of the locals. Hooning around the Tasman in a tub’s nothing new, but this particular incident was deemed momentous enough that the city named a suburb after it. Ever been to […]