1.26.24 I just got back home from visiting my parents. We hadn’t been over to their place in a little while, and I’d forgotten just how much feelings get stirred up, going back to the place where I grew up. Ma and Dad only live about 50 or so minutes away, but the drive there …
Tag: dogs
Un-expecting
If you’d asked me last Thursday morning what the last thing was that I thought would happen after our dog Ziti was spayed, I probably would have said something like, “Well, I certainly won’t be sitting on the couch with Ziti curled up tight next to me in a ball, lactating and displaying all the …
Three Things, Day 7: A Song, a Dog & Books
Gratitude #1:I’ve written about this song before. It carried me home today, though, so I’m writing about it again. Farewell Transmission is a song by Songs: Ohia, a recording name used by Jason Andrew Molina as both a solo artist and as part of a group. The song is from the 2003 album, Magnolia Electric …
Three Things, Day 2: Heart, Sole & Synthwave
1.Today I am grateful for a good checkup. When we adopted our rescue dog Ziti a little over a year ago, we were told she was recovering from heart worms. Her visit visit to our vet revealed that rather than recovering from them, a decent population of the parasites were still living rent-free in her …
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Care Package for Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021
Hello, and welcome to the new and (hopefully) improved Care Package. I’ve been putting together Care Packages on an almost daily basis since March 1, 2019, but over the past few weeks, I’ve lost steam for a variety of reasons. Today, I begin a new approach to the Care Package, and I hope it gets …