Cats and Words
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“Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?”
“So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.” — Dorothy Sayers, “Gaudy Night” (1935).
“So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.” — Dorothy Sayers, “Gaudy Night” (1935).
Please wait while your cat completes charging. 😻 #solarpowered
September 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Please wait while your cat completes charging. 😻 #solarpowered
From all that terror teaches,
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honor, and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
--G.K. Chesterton, 1906
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honor, and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
--G.K. Chesterton, 1906
September 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
From all that terror teaches,
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honor, and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
--G.K. Chesterton, 1906
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honor, and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
--G.K. Chesterton, 1906
September 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
It identified me precisely. How refreshing!
September 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
It identified me precisely. How refreshing!
Seen (and heard) on Beacon Hill, too. This is from spring of last year.
August 26, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Seen (and heard) on Beacon Hill, too. This is from spring of last year.
Bolo de cenoura (Brazilian carrot cake). Nothing like American carrot cake: no nuts, no shreds of carrot, no cream cheese in the frosting. #baking
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August 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Bolo de cenoura (Brazilian carrot cake). Nothing like American carrot cake: no nuts, no shreds of carrot, no cream cheese in the frosting. #baking
www.beryl.nyc/index.php/20...
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Leo is appropriately skeptical about #BlackCatAppreciationDay because he knows that’s *every* day.
August 17, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Leo is appropriately skeptical about #BlackCatAppreciationDay because he knows that’s *every* day.
Mary, Queen of Heaven, by the otherwise nameless Master of the Saint Lucy Legend (fl. 1480–1510, Bruges). National Gallery of Art, Washington. #Assumption
August 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Mary, Queen of Heaven, by the otherwise nameless Master of the Saint Lucy Legend (fl. 1480–1510, Bruges). National Gallery of Art, Washington. #Assumption
He isn’t; it’s a trick of the light.
August 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
He isn’t; it’s a trick of the light.
In what universe is #internationalcatday only once a year?
August 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In what universe is #internationalcatday only once a year?
July 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM
It’s hailing in my ‘hood.
July 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It’s hailing in my ‘hood.
What do you mean, you’re reading? With me here?
I guess I’m taking a break… 😻
I guess I’m taking a break… 😻
July 21, 2026 at 12:17 PM
What do you mean, you’re reading? With me here?
I guess I’m taking a break… 😻
I guess I’m taking a break… 😻
Seeing #OldNorthChurch from the harbor, one realizes just how effective a beacon it was 250 years ago when it was the tallest building around.
July 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Seeing #OldNorthChurch from the harbor, one realizes just how effective a beacon it was 250 years ago when it was the tallest building around.
Utterly unbothered little prince. #blackcatsofBlueSky
July 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Utterly unbothered little prince. #blackcatsofBlueSky
Bread*. Fresh tomatoes, sliced. Mayonnaise (Duke’s if you can get it). Salt and pepper. That’s it. That’s the sandwich. #toohottocook
* In the American South, where this sandwich comes from, it’s white bread. Not in my house — I use homemade challah.
* In the American South, where this sandwich comes from, it’s white bread. Not in my house — I use homemade challah.
July 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Bread*. Fresh tomatoes, sliced. Mayonnaise (Duke’s if you can get it). Salt and pepper. That’s it. That’s the sandwich. #toohottocook
* In the American South, where this sandwich comes from, it’s white bread. Not in my house — I use homemade challah.
* In the American South, where this sandwich comes from, it’s white bread. Not in my house — I use homemade challah.
There’s a cat version (of course).
June 20, 2026 at 9:53 PM
There’s a cat version (of course).
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
—Genesis 9:12–13
—Genesis 9:12–13
June 19, 2026 at 12:42 AM
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
—Genesis 9:12–13
—Genesis 9:12–13
Summer colds are the worst. Fortunately I have a live-in nurse. 😻
June 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Summer colds are the worst. Fortunately I have a live-in nurse. 😻
Happy Ascension Day! “God is gone up with a merry noise.”
Image: the delightfully rococo Chapel of the Ascension at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, England.
Image: the delightfully rococo Chapel of the Ascension at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, England.
May 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Happy Ascension Day! “God is gone up with a merry noise.”
Image: the delightfully rococo Chapel of the Ascension at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, England.
Image: the delightfully rococo Chapel of the Ascension at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, England.
Portrait of a Purring Prince. 😻🐈⬛
May 1, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Portrait of a Purring Prince. 😻🐈⬛
Her Imperial Majesty made sure I didn’t miss the proper observance of #NationalTabbyDay. 😻
April 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Her Imperial Majesty made sure I didn’t miss the proper observance of #NationalTabbyDay. 😻