It snowed overnight, about seven inches. The thermometer is stuck in the teens. The wind is blowing. There are puffs of snow stuck in our screens. But if you have a dog, you go for walks. That’s the way it is. Our little mutt likes his walks. He’s a trooper. His cheerful outlook in all… Continue reading Little Dog in Deepish Snow
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Why Should I Get Up?
Why should I get up? I wonder that to myself nearly every morning as we close in on a year of pandemic shutdown. What is one good reason to leave the lovely cocoon of covers, that haven of warmth and comfort? We’re retired. There’s nowhere we have to be. The dog might beg to differ,… Continue reading Why Should I Get Up?
Taking It Like a Dog
As we approach a year of living under the constraints of CoVid-19, those of us still here are feeling dejected. Who imagined we’d experience a pandemic in our lifetimes? That we’d close the schools? That churches would be open for neither Easter nor Christmas nor, quite possibly, Easter again? That a trip to the… Continue reading Taking It Like a Dog
Dog Antics
Glorious spring is upon us now, but I’ve been asking friends and relations about goofy dog behaviors since deep winter. I queried Rhonda on the subject, one snowy day, and she told me that her sedate English cockers don’t act goofy. While she and I talked, McGill lay down on his side behind her… Continue reading Dog Antics