I hope everyone has been having a peaceful few days! I received a wonderful Eight Days of Luke story in Yuletide, which is well worth your time.

Wayfinding (8318 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Eight Days of Luke - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: David Allard/Luke (Eight Days ( Read more... )

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Do you understand what your cat is saying?

The University of Lund aims to find out - “We want to find out to what extent domestic cats are influenced by the language and dialect that humans use to speak to them, because it seems that cats use slightly different dialects in the sounds they produce”, says Associate Professor of Phonetics ( Read more... )

I just watched a cat eat chocolate. 0.o (Not the smallest/most eccentric of my mother's beasts, who was the one who ate vast amounts of potato salad once).