What affects us affects cats
Amongst the dire circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) and the sad deaths there are some good things. In the UK all the gyms have shut under government orders. I usually go to the gym every day, first thing. It is a ten minute walk from my home and situated by the Thames, the …
If you believe in a God or like me you believe that nature is God then God favours cats and dogs during this coronavirus pandemic. It is as if nature is teaching the human race a lesson. The lesson is that humans should not abuse the animal kingdom to serve their interests. It occurred …
Supply chains are being severely affected by the China coronavirus epidemic. Business managers have ordered employees to work from home. Many big Western businesses are in China for cheap, high quality manufacturing. And many manufacturers in the West such as car makers sell to China. The world’s largest company (or it was), Apple Inc., …
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, has agreed, against America’s wishes, to use Huawei technology and equipment to help build a 5G network in the UK. He had to do it because there is no alternative business that can quickly help to install 5G into the UK. One of the central planks …
Horrifying and stomach-churning images are emerging from the live animal market in Wuhan, ground zero of the coronavirus infection which is spreading in China and across the world causing a ‘grave situation’ according to president Xi. The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan contains rats, snakes, wolf pups, koalas and other ‘exotic’ wild animals where …
Please click on the audio file player below to hear how I pronounce the word ‘jaguarundi’. The jaguarundi is different species of cat to the much larger jaguar. You would have thought that there might be a connection because the word is a combination of ‘jaguar’ (one of the big cats) and ‘undi’. …
It is unusual for a teenage child to make a Will. The circumstances which I’m going to describe are unusual but not unique. There is an increasing awareness that social media, particularly Instagram and Facebook, can both be very good and bad. Teenage suicides have increased markedly in the UK. Some blame social media. …
The question I’m most often asked about my writing for PoC is ‘how do you handle writing about cruelty?’ My answer to that is two-fold. One is I try to speed through topics that need covering then get away from them as quickly as possible. I also find a lot of uplifting news as …
