Last November, I briefly introduced two new arrivals to my life: Claude and Jolene. We adopted this bonded pair of cats from Warwickshire Cats Protection. Since that rather turbulent car journey home, our cats abandoned their old names – Claude (white and grey male) was previously called Snowy and Jolene (black female) was called Misty.Continue reading “Love, Claude & Jolene”
Category Archives: Cartoon
Lockdown Life
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about my last cartoon. I titled it Here we go again and I suppose the only thing I’m a bit surprised about is that the wave didn’t hit earlier in Autumn. And so, on this Thursday 5th November, here we all go again. Plunged into ‘Lockdown 2.0’. IContinue reading “Lockdown Life”
Here we go again…
Yesterday lunchtime, I was sitting in my lounge reading a BBC article. I think it was about the horrendous experience some self-isolating university students are currently going through. Needless to say, if it wasn’t that article it was definitely one about the pandemic – it could’ve been about the dire state of the economy, theContinue reading “Here we go again…”
‘Testing the Water’
I wrote back in May about an image I couldn’t get out of my head – a huge wave. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been having the same feeling I experienced back then. A feeling of uncertainty. It’s hardly surprising and I imagine many readers have felt similarly during the easing of restrictionsContinue reading “‘Testing the Water’”
Here comes the guilt…
It was my birthday yesterday. I think every birthday I’ve had as an adult has involved going to a pub or restaurant of some kind. And, back at the beginning of all this, all I would say to friends and colleagues was how I couldn’t wait for the pubs to reopen. So, last week, IContinue reading “Here comes the guilt…”
My (first) Covid words
I had a conversation with a school last week. I never thought that the chat would result in me learning a new term. But, as we keep hearing, we’re in ‘unprecedented times’. The term was ‘bubble teacher’. In my day job, I work in a university team that supports school students and teachers. I’ve beenContinue reading “My (first) Covid words”
The ‘New Normal’
I’ve been banging on about doing a cartoon about this for ages. Like the ‘R’ rate, it’s another example of our new terminology that I just can’t stand. Although it’s been on my mind for a good few weeks now, I didn’t feel the full urge to draw it out until this week. This isContinue reading “The ‘New Normal’”
The ‘R’ rate
I have a confession. Whenever I hear any commentary on the ‘R’ rate – which, let’s be honest, is pretty much every day at the moment if you read the news or listen to the radio – something pops into my head that I just can’t control. A bit like the song that couldn’t leaveContinue reading “The ‘R’ rate”
“(Re)claim it”
The RSPB recently brought my attention to something I’d never thought about before. I, like many people, look forward to the time when I can wander nature reserves freely once again. And I was delighted to see updates from the National Trust, RSPB and our local wildlife trusts a couple of weeks ago when measuresContinue reading ““(Re)claim it””
‘The Wave’
A couple of weeks ago, some people at work thought it would be a good idea to set a challenge. They tasked the team with creating something that represents their ‘daily commute’ to work. Like a lot of people, we’re all working from home. It was supposed to be inventive, creative, tongue in cheek. IContinue reading “‘The Wave’”
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 