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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

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tj gives thanks for all things

Nov 15, 2025 at 11:56am
In response to "Kiwi"

A wonderful tale, thanks for sharing.

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Ned

Nov 8, 2025 at 2:43pm
In response to "The Cat of a Thousand Names"

I refer you to TS Eliot on "The Naming of Cats".

https://poets.org/poem/naming-cats

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🌻 pwheeler ~ love joy peace

Nov 7, 2025 at 4:10pm
In response to "The Cat of a Thousand Names"

Fritz sounds like an amazing cat.

Hope you feel much better soon.

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Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

Nov 7, 2025 at 1:37pm
In response to "The Cat of a Thousand Names"

After reading this lovely ode to Fritz I am a fan, and somehow wish I had met him.

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Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008

Nov 7, 2025 at 12:29pm
In response to "The Cat of a Thousand Names"

Sounds like a great cat! Mine was 15 when she passed. Still missing her.

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Amethyst Autumn Angel

Nov 5, 2025 at 12:14pm
In response to "The Wild One"

Whee, the irony is that the landlady got rid of you, but the cat was still there

What if it stayed because it liked the taste of rabbit? Good grief

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Kelchworth

Nov 4, 2025 at 8:24pm
In response to "The Nameless One"

I wonder - did that jar of Shillings sometimes just seem a little lighter than expected? You thought those paws could not in fact reach into it along with wallet and purse and umm, appropriate some small tax for tolerating the existence of humans in his domain? "Pffft"

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Beholden

Nov 4, 2025 at 2:37pm
In response to "The Nameless One"

Anni Pumpkin

Our present one is the same!

Anni Pumpkin

Nov 4, 2025 at 2:28pm
In response to "The Nameless One"

Mine wouldn't last a day out in the wild. She loves her heating pad and eating plastic, is afraid of her own shadow, and must be on my lap at all times.

You Got This C-Note

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BƖųҽyҽʐ ꨄ

Nov 4, 2025 at 12:31pm
In response to "The Nameless One"

This is the kind of cat I'd welcome, too!

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April 3, 2025 at 10:06am

#1086499

A Passing Thought

A Passing Thought

Had the news yesterday of the passing of my younger sister back in England. That leaves me as the last surviving child of my parents. Which was not something I expected. The eldest of us died several years ago and, as the middle sibling, it was reasonable for me to presume that I’d be next. Certainly, I never deserved to live longest, presuming that it’s a good thing to be alive.

Anyway, it leaves me feeling very alone today. And also aware of how selfish I am to dwell on my personal feelings on the matter, rather than mourning the passing of a sister.

Unless this is what they mean by “mourning.”

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