Comments on: The Scholar & His Cat, Pangur Bán https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 07 Feb 2024 03:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tricia Davies https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1545256 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 03:18:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1545256 What a wonderful face Schrödinger has… Oh, those eyes and that moustache, what a dapper gentleman. I always loved reading about his life with you. And yes, how very similar is the relationship between you and Schrödinger to that of the monk in the amazing poem, Pangur Ban. I have a treasured copy of ‘The Life and Times of Mr. Pussy’ too 🙂

]]> By: Winnie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1545066 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:31:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1545066 Schrodinger is ADORABLE.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544944 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:59:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544944 Great Schrodinger update – thank you!

My cat also shares my desk, both from choice when he is “helping” me work, but also from necessity. As there is no cat-flap in my current flat I have had to
make a cunning device which fits in the window by my desk to allow Bezzy the freedom to access the outside world as and when the mood takes him. This does however mean that he has to negotiate a route through all the half made models, paperwork and other creative zhush which always seems to be on the desk…

I’m always impressed by his ability to jump up and land on the one square inch of clear space amongst all the clutter.

]]> By: Kasey Grier https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544870 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:05:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544870 Oh, this is lovely — thank you so much for sharing! I wrote my dissertation and my first book, and got well into my second book, thanks to Margaret, a round, brown tabby with celadon green eyes and a very loud purr. She sat under the desk lamp on a sheet of paper (she needed something rectangular for comfortable sitting) and offered companionship and NO criticism — I got enough of that from advisors, colleagues and anonymous readers! She lived to 18 and, many decades later, I still miss her. Other cats have offered other talents — she was my only writing companion.

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544714 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:52:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544714 If you have four minutes to treat yourself, enjoy this video reading of “The White Cat and the Monk”–book by Jo Ellen Bogart and art by the award-winning Sydney Smith. Both Canadian creators.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi5pAqock-o

Time for tea/coffee and a viewing?

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544713 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:49:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544713 Schrödinger is such a handsome fellow.

]]> By: Sarah B Guest Perry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544703 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:20:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544703 I remember this poem and it is very special. Also thank you for the update on Schrödinger. I have my own feline companion too

]]> By: debra sewell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544680 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:06:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544680 😸💌]]> I LOVE YOUR KITTY. HE HAS A MUSTACHE!! VERY DISTINGUISHED. So soft and darling. Very glad kitty has new home with you and looks very happy. 😻😸💌

]]> By: John Cunningham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544667 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:33:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544667 Pangur Ban (White Pangur) is a well known poem here in Ireland. We also have a bookshop called Pangur Ban in Ballina County Mayo. Ballina’s other claim to fame is that it is the ancestral town of President Joe Biden. I live close to Ireland West Airport at Knock County Mayo. Last year when President Biden came to visit, we watched Airforce One glide in to land. Ireland was a great centre of learning during the middle ages. Irish Monks took their knowledge all over Europe. All this is outlined in a book by Thomas Cahill, “How The Irish Saved Civilisation” .

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/05/the-scholar-his-cat-pangur-ban-i/#comment-1544651 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 10:04:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198890#comment-1544651 Handsome Schrödinger who found a confortable home after his church years. I wouldn’t know how to live, work or sleep without a cat (or several, for that matter). Thank you for the update on Schrödinger.

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