Benediction

Arrived home to find the cat worshipping the washing machine.

The machine was almost at the end of its spin cycle. The juddering had cause the cat-food bag, which I had left o­n the top, to tip up. The dry cat food had emptied itself all over the top of the washing machine and was being vibrated furiously. From time to time a single bean of food would drop from the top o­nto the floor to be met by an adoring cat.

In between the nibbles of manna from o­n high, she was sitting gazing, for all the world as though she was at Benediction.

Arrrgh

Oh dear. I fell over in the street again. “Arrrgh” was the cry as my feet slipped on a thick layer of black ice in the middle of Stirling. It would appear that this came from window cleaners’ water. No bones broken, but a sore back. I was picked up by young people and traffic wardens as though I was an old lady.