Prologue The idea came about one sunny Himalaya morning. There I was, lying in my usual spot on the broad, first floor windowsill, the perfect vantage from which to maintain maximum surveillance with minimum effort, as His Holiness was bringing a private audience to a close. I’m far too discreet to mention who the audience...
In a previous blog I mentioned some of the references in The Dalai Lama’s Cat to one of my all time favourite novels, The Great Gatsby (see: http://davidmichie.com/blog/2013/12/03/the-dalai-lamas-dog/) In this blog I’d like to share a little snippet about the exchanges between the Dalai Lama’s Cat (HHC) and Mambo, her love interest. Mambo is a...
Part of The Dalai Lama’s Cat dedication reads: In loving memory of our own little Rinpoche, Princess Wussik of the Sapphire Throne. She brought us joy; we loved her well. Readers of the Dalai Lama’s Cat books will already have formed a good idea of His Holiness’s Cat’s distinctive, quirky and adorable personality –...
As readers of The Dalai Lama’s Cat will know, I am a big fan of the author F. Scott Fitzgerald – and more specifically his novel The Great Gatsby. There are a number of allusions to this in The Dalai Lama’s Cat – so much so that one blogger entitled his review ‘The Great Catsby,’...
Dear Blog Reader, I am pleased to be sharing the prologue and first chapter of The Art of Purring. If you’d like to see more updates, blogs and vlogs about this and other books I am working on, please click the ‘Follow’ button at the bottom of this page on the right hand side. Warm...
I’ve recorded a video about The Art of Purring: how I came to write it, what other authors inspired me and some of the themes in the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk1hs4slgaw (4.45 minutes) If you’d like to receive future blogs and vlogs from me, please click the ‘Follow’ button on the bottom right hand of your screen...
How important is willpower to your happiness? And does food have anything to do with it? Most of us would agree that it requires willpower to graduate from school, learn a skill, or practice anything till you get really good at it. Self-fulfilment is unlikely to just happen spontaneously. It is more likely...
I have been practising yoga for about 4 years, beginning with Ashtanga before switching to Iyengar, which suits me better. There was a time when I couldn’t make the simple statement ‘I practice yoga’ without following it up immediately with what I felt was an important admission ‘-but I’m useless at it.’ However, as I’ve...
Dear Readers, I am temporarily taking over David Michie’s blog once again to share the first few pages of my new book, The Art of Purring. If you’d like to see other morsels I will be sharing in the weeks ahead, please click ‘Follow’ on the bottom right hand side of your screen....
Among my earliest memories are sharing my bed with a Siamese cat called Pandy. Growing up I was surrounded by pets – feline, canine, my much-loved rabbit Bugs, Greg the guinea pig, as well as an assortment of golden hamsters and white mice. Most of my teenage years were spent with a cockatiel on my...
