Dale Townshend

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I can’t, Mary, though I’d dearly love to 😭

Don’t even go there. I’m already dreading it 😭

He’s gorgeous. But the shelter is great, too: non-kill, obviously, and really loving. They’re going to neuter him and give him his inoculations. They’re assured me they’ll find a loving home for him.

I absolutely would, Carol, but my cat Dickens is fiercely territorial and very unhappy with a stranger in his home. I just don’t want to upset him.

Update: miraculously, the shelter has a place for him! But he can only go in two days’ time, so he’ll stay with me until Friday. #catwatch

Hahahaha! Yes! Very Siouxsie!

No chip, I’m afraid, Sally. I’m now waiting on the cat shelter to get back to me about a place for him. I’d love to keep him, but my Dickens-cat will have none of it.

Quite at home, my dear.

A restless night and an early trip to the vets. As I suspected, the cat has not been microchipped. I’m now waiting for a callback from the Cat Rescue here in Lancaster. #catwatch

Me too, Vil.

Update: happy as Larry.

Me too, Shirls. I somehow doubt it, though. He’s not been neutered, which is always a bad sign, I think. But he’s extremely affectionate.

I hope so too, V. It was JUST after I’d said goodbye to you. I just couldn’t leave him. Dickens is freaking out, though, so I have to keep them in separate parts of the house.

He’s very handsome. And very friendly, too. There’s no way that he’s a stray.

It breaks my heart. Seriously.

An upsetting thing at the gym just now. This lovely chap approached me in the car park, meowing as if he were actually pleading for help. I think he’s been abandoned, as there are no houses nearby. Brought him home, of course, and fed him. Ravenous. Will take him to vet tomorrow. Hope he’s chipped.

Anyone got access to the most recent issue of ‘Eighteenth-Century Fiction’? My uni library database hasn’t updated yet, and there’s a review (the first) of my Lewis book in there. Gulp. If anyone could email it to me I’d be so happy. (But don’t read the review — in case they say it’s shit)

Great! That’s more than I get to do, to be sure!

I like it a lot as a novel. But there again, I’ve never read a Radcliffe text that I don’t love.

Heads-up, Radcliffe / Gothic people: here’s the brilliant Deborah Russell on Radcliffe’s first novel, ‘The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne’ (1789). 📣

Just seen ‘The Bride’. Schlocky, camp and fun, as only an homage to James Whale could be. @drvil.bsky.social

Yes, you’re right. Cats *are* incredibly aloof and standoffish.

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My fave giff 🤣

Make one in memory of her tomorrow x

Yes, Carolyn. I like the grittiness. I use caster sugar for the batter, though.

Lemon drizzle loaf 🍋

Toasted sourdough topped with homemade creamy hummus and balsamic-glazed mushrooms and wild rocket 👌

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