Warm-up, someone made some effort, starting the sauce
1. Around the time of her usual lunchtime walk, her tail starts wagging even though the rest of her is dozing on the sofa. “It’s a warm-up, like stretching,” I tell John. 2. The boxes are coloured to indicate who they’re for – the big cat, the little cat or the dog. The colours – [...]
3BT – five beautiful things before lunchtime
1. When I finally wake up, she’s stretched out next to me, fully stretched out with her stumpy chicken legs pushed out behind her. I ask her if she wants to get up – it’s late and she must need a wee – but she buries her nose back under the duvet. Hearing my voice, [...]
3BT – puppy love, unusual blooms, kitty love, John love
1. I’m pawed, I’m licked, I’m nibbled all over. He can’t decide whether to eat his lunch or play with me so runs back and forth between both options until I’m tired. When I get back home, Lily thinks I smell very interesting and I’m grateful for her comparative calmness. Later on, they play together [...]
3BT – go south, we’ll get there, sense pleasure
1. Instead of going north into the woods as normal, we decide at the last moment to go south instead. We explore the delightful enclave of cottages in the hidden dell, cross the ford – the first I’ve ever seen – and head into the other woods instead. 2. Amidst the chaos of the rehearsal, [...]
3BT – musty, dusty, surreal, feral, exploration
1. My fingers smell of old, dried glue. 2. A circle of matte green-grey shoots have appeared in the garden. Only time will tell what they’ll be. 3. As I leave the theatre, a woman is holding a fake hand prop in her arms like a sleeping baby. 4. Carbon spot it first: a fox [...]
