Jonah’s Blog: I’m fed up with Scribbler hogging the limelight. It’s about time I wrote a book of my own.

I love this photo taken one summer holiday many years ago. Mum, in her hottest new bikini look, is urging me to shed the safety of my water wings and dive into the water with her. Thanks, Mum, for always encouraging me to put the safety device to one side and take the plunge. Your […]

Jonah’s Blog: Scribbler has proved herself hopelessly incompetent yet again. This morning she burst in through the front door wielding a pot of vegetable matter. “You’re SO lucky, Jonah!” she gushed. “Look what we’ve got you.” I examined the pathetic bunch of leaves and turned away. Since when have I been a vegetarian? “But Jonah,” […]

Your kids have left home, your marriage is in tatters, the dog has died. But it could be the best thing that happened to you…

Jonah’s Blog: Honestly, who’d be a writer’s cat? Scribbler’s so full of herself these days. The phone never stops with radio jocks and journalists interviewing her about Tumbledown Manor. I suppose a new book’s well and good. She has to pay for my fresh chicken breast SOMEhow.I probably should be grateful a feline features in […]

         I woke with a mop of cat in my face. Bono’s owlish eyes gazed unblinking at me. Closing my eyes, I pretended to sleep. The feather duster of Bono’s tail brushed my cheek. He mewed urgently. We had a big day ahead. A potential adopter, Monique, was coming to visit. A cat lover […]

Bono refused to budge from under the bed. Nobody said it was going to be easy. The whole point of fostering this cat was to accustom him to human company so he’d have a chance of finding a permanent home. He glowered out at us as if we were a pair of murderers. But this […]

  As I slotted the key in the heart-shaped locker of our apartment building, I turned and glanced at Lydia on the step below. Gripping Bono’s carry case, she wiped a tear from her cheek.        I was surprised. As a trainee psychologist, she deals with harrowing human stories every day. How could one homeless […]