tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post7932828581920438358..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: "A very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed...." Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-69754109543997217362012-11-04T11:13:15.645-08:002012-11-04T11:13:15.645-08:00Oysters are actually nutritionally poor for cats. ...Oysters are actually nutritionally poor for cats. I researched it once for an article for the Vet Times. I'd need to look up the whys and wherefores but basically a cat fed on a majority oyster diet is not going to be a well puss for long. <br />Grace xGrace Elliothttp://graceelliot-author.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-28719897229603797922012-11-04T11:11:20.535-08:002012-11-04T11:11:20.535-08:00Let's hope that this is a trend - loving cats ...Let's hope that this is a trend - loving cats and being a literary genius *winks* - thank you so much for bringing this lovely poem to my attention, it bears further investigation.<br />Grace x Grace Elliothttp://graceelliot-author.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-64778587236099839042012-11-04T11:09:36.692-08:002012-11-04T11:09:36.692-08:00Interesting thought - you can never tell! It seems...Interesting thought - you can never tell! It seems to me Hodge had his paws well and truly under the table - mousing optional.Grace Elliothttp://graceelliot-author.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-52409221237696139292012-11-04T09:24:32.912-08:002012-11-04T09:24:32.912-08:00Oysters were of course relatively cheap and not th...Oysters were of course relatively cheap and not the luxury items of today. But you all knew that, didn't you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-68761318987739500072012-11-04T06:01:44.070-08:002012-11-04T06:01:44.070-08:00To say nothing of the inimitable John Keats
To M...To say nothing of the inimitable John Keats<br /><br /> To Mrs Reynolds's Cat<br /><br />Cat! who hast passed thy grand climacteric,<br /> How many mice and rats hast in thy days<br /> Destroyed? How many tit-bits stolen? Gaze<br />With those bright languid segments green, and prick<br />Those velvet ears - but prithee do not stick<br /> Thy latent talons in me, and up-raise<br /> Thy gentle mew, and tell me all thy frays<br />Of fish and mice, and rats and tender chick.<br />Nay, look not down, nor lick thy dainty wrists -<br /> For all thy wheezy asthma, and for all<br />Thy tail's tip is nicked off, and though the fists<br /> Of many a maid have given thee many a maul,<br />Still is that fur as soft as when the lists<br /> In youth thou enteredst on glass-bottled wallThingumbobesquirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020353989252293669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-88956027996365668292012-11-04T05:00:24.502-08:002012-11-04T05:00:24.502-08:00Nice post. I wonder if he was as useless a mouser ...Nice post. I wonder if he was as useless a mouser as our lot? :)Jonathan Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888572730132875908noreply@blogger.com