"I know where you are, where are you?"

So I woke in the middle of the night in one of those fugue states where I had absolutely no idea where I was. Lay in the dark and thought about it, couldn't work it out. Spotted a bedside light and turned it on, still had no clue. Couldn't find my glasses, which was a worry. Was just fumbling for clothes (when in strange place and feeling bewildered, get dressed: it's a safety feature, for those of us known to sleepwalk) when I spotted Barry snuggled up on yesterday's T-shirt. And knew instantly where I was, and why. I may not recognise my own house, but wherever I lay my cat, there's my home.

And Barry spent the rest of the night nestling on me instead of the T-shirt, so that's okay. It's taken a day and a half, but I am now acknowledged again as fit to be sat on.

Still testing

[shewhomust, is this what you meant...?]

Inverted world

There's this place in America, where the mountains go down instead of up...



And - of course! - there are many more pix of it at the Flickr set. Which is why I was asking about how people use Flickr, as I find I have used two-thirds of this month's allowance just with these. And am not sure if I want to pay for a pro allowance, as I'm really not sure whether I am a photographer at all, when not on holiday...

Oh, lor'...

The mighty Mac has broken the Catnip Toy of Heavenly Perfection: it is leaking tobacco-shreds of 'nip, and the way he's behaving, I bet he's swallowed some. He can't make up his mind whether to chase his own tail, or Barry's...

I'm getting above myself

I just submitted a story to The New Yorker. Fool of a Took. But every writer's entitled to start their collection of New Yorker rejections, I feel, tho' most of us will never get to complete it...

Crab apple slaw

No, not with crab apples, silly!

What I'm thinking:

white cabbage
green apple
red onion
white crabmeat
green celery
red(dish) carrot

mayo (which is white)
lettuce (which is green)
tomatoes (which are red)

I may be a culinary genius. Or else having an uncomfortable fit of the visuals. I'll let you know.