The Spicy Cauldron

hocus, pocus & abracadabra: stirring up trouble for good

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October 7, 2012
by Andrew S. Hinkinson
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The cats we love

Those Sunday mornings when you’re enjoying coffee and being a bit lazy, when your cat takes a massive stinking dump and it fires out of the litter tray in a misaimed torrent requiring immediate cleanup, those Sundays are so special. … Continue reading

September 18, 2012
by Andrew S. Hinkinson
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Who’s extreme is a matter of perspective

I should stop checking Facebook poultry forums at bedtime. Really angry. Someone posts about rescue ducks and someone else talks about eating them at Christmas. I said, if they’re rescue, it’s not rescue if someone’s planning to kill them for … Continue reading

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August 20, 2012
by Andrew S. Hinkinson
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How Great A Thing Is Love?

I miss my cat Dolly. She was a beautiful tabby and I bought her from a pet shop in Kilburn, London in 1987 when I was 20 years old. She died at midnight on Midsummer’s Eve in 2006, having reached … Continue reading