Category Archives: Animals

Vivre avec un chat FIV+ — dédramatisons

[en]Some notes on living with an FIV+ cat — it’s not the end of the world. An FIV+ kitty has every chance of dying of something else than AIDS, so keep calm and get informed. FIV-healthscience on Yahoo groups is … Continue reading

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Kittens

[fr]Chatons! Choupitude! Mais que de boulot![en]It’s spring, we need kittens. This is actually a sad story but it seems to be ending well. My brother’s mummy-cat disappeared a week after giving birth to her three kittens. She hasn’t been seen … Continue reading

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Faire sortir un chat

[en]Many people without cats — or with indoor cats — wonder that I let my cats out (including at the chalet). Aren’t you afraid they’ll run off? Well, not too much. Here’s how I proceed to introduce my cats to … Continue reading

Posted in Animals | Tagged accompagner, bagha, chat, collier, dedans, dehors, dresser, extérieur, friandises, intérieur, puce, quintus, safran, sortie, sortir, tounsi | 5 Comments

Fiddling With Video: Lightroom, YouTube, and iMovie

[fr]Je m’amuse avec iMovie. Ça donne une vidéo de chats, bien sûr.[en]In November, I had Thierry Weber come and give my SAWI students a short practical course about YouTube and online video. It gave me a kick in the pants … Continue reading

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Samedi soir fatigué

[en]Tired Saturday evening post.[fr]Après quatre jours de SAWI (module 4), je suis raide, mais contente. C’est surtout aux étudiants qu’il faut le demander, mais je crois que ce module s’est vraiment bien passé. Je voulais aller au cinéma hier soir … Continue reading

Posted in Animals, Food, Personal | Tagged back2blog, cats, lejardinpotager, quintus, sawi, tired, tounsi | 2 Comments

Les chats des autres

[en]Musing on other people’s cats and how they send us back to our own.[fr]Hier, en me connectant sur mon groupe de mamies à chat à la fin d’une longue journée de jours (#SMSCL), j’apprends que Zad a disparu. Zad, je … Continue reading

Posted in Animals | Tagged angoisse, chats, deuil, facebook, missing cat, zad, zadkine | 3 Comments

Tounsi et le restaurant “Au Gras Haret”

[en]A crazy old lady some buildings (and a road to cross) away is feeding “stray” cats, including Tounsi. I’m pissed.[fr]Il y a quelques semaines, j’ai fini par percuter que non content de me réveiller chaque matin à l’aube pour sortir, … Continue reading

Posted in Animals | Tagged chat, nourriture, tounsi, voisinage | 6 Comments

Cats Online: Quintus and Tounsi

[fr]Photos et vidéos de chats :-) [en]Being a proper cat lady and an expert in social media I of course make sure my cats’ online presence is at least decent. Twitter doesn’t work too well because we only have one phone … Continue reading

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Here We Go Again

[fr]Des nouvelles du front.[en]Here we go again. My last post dates back to November 19th. This would seem to say the after-effects of the Back to Blogging challenge were short-lived! Not quite, though, because I’m writing today, and nearly wrote … Continue reading

Posted in Animals, Conferences, India, Personal | Tagged india, irctc, leweb, quintus, salem, tounsi, travel, ux | Leave a comment

Life in Pictures

[fr]Photos et commentaires.[en]This is a lazy post. Posts have to be lazy most of the time, or they don’t happen. I have hundreds of photographs waiting to be sorted and uploaded. But I have other things to do like fight … Continue reading

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