Archives by Tag 'Cats'

Commonplace Quotations

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Monday, May 16, 2011

Why do cats sleep so much?  Perhaps they’ve been trusted with some major cosmic task, an essential law of physics – such as: if there are less than five million cats sleeping at any one time the world will stop spinning.  So that when you look at them and think what a lazy, good-for-nothing animal, [...]

Review: ‘Christmas Crackers for Cats’ by Julie and John Hope

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Monday, December 27, 2010

Title: Author: Julie and John Hope.  Illustrated by Sue Hellard Published: Bantam, 2000, pp. 32.  First edition Genre: Humour poetry Blurb: This is a collection of limericks featuring cats and their antics, beautifully illustrated by Sue Hellard. You can learn your cat’s views on life—from why they lust hungrily after your pet canary to the art [...]