Bridge Over Trickling Water
Monday afternoon before a snow storm, I took the dogs out to shoot these photos near our bridge over the little creek that crosses our land. …
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Weekly Training Update (May 16)
I totally cried at the end of our class on Sunday. And, not from happiness. I was shook up and exhausted. I ranted Sunday about the final straw, but here’s the rest of the tale. …
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Missing My Penelope
We’re approaching the fourth anniversary of my first dog’s death, and it still catches me off-guard. While cleaning off some old patio furniture cushions the other day, Tom found a bevy
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Schwag? What schwag?
OK. So, it’s not like it matters to me really. However, Lilly and I are sans schwag, completely without. Our invitation to take part in that videotaped interview recently included a
promise of stuff. That’s totally NOT why we did it. But, it was promised and not delivered, which I find a bit amusing considering how such media machinations typically work. … -
Birthday Love
We don’t really know when Lilly was born. Sometime in spring 2004. But, we do know when Ginko was born, so we pretend like both have the same birthday — May 13. Today, Ginko is 8, and
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Adventures in Dog Biscotti
As a special treat, I attempted some dog-friendly biscotti this weekend. It’s mostly peanut butter and whole wheat, and it looked pretty easy. I ended up making 2 batches because the
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A Bit of a Mother’s Day Rant
Dear Clueless Mother:
Perhaps you don’t realize how close you came to spending your oh-so-special day in the emergency room. You need to pay far more attention to that precious little one of yours. You see, the fruit of
your loins chased us quite a ways before you tuned in. Was it my yells that finally broke you out of your brunch-induced stupor? I’m not the bad guy here. Remember, we were the ones making a hasty
retreat.
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Weekly Training Update (May 9)
Lilly had two run-ins with dogs this week, but I’m happy to say that her responses were somewhat measured and appropriate. …
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What I tried to say …
I really have no idea if I gave useful answers during our interview last Friday. But, here’s what I remembered to say. …
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Have you seen this one?
The second part of our video interview was more about gathering footage of Lilly playing (or whatever) that they can use (I’m assuming) with audio from me talking about her. Since
regular readers know that it’s hard to get Lilly to “play” in public, I decided to go with tricks instead. …