And Just Like That…
…life tumbled again. The Tuesday night before Halloween, I felt a baseball-sized mass just behind and below Athena’s ribs. She’d been having some incontinence issues that I was treating as…
Read moreSpring, Renewal, & Moving On
The sun is shining, the weather is beautiful (at least for now), there’s a bobcat in our front yard because the landscapers we hired last fall are finally starting work…
Read moreOn Loss, Remembrance, and Renewal
Last Wednesday, we said goodbye to the Murphy-dog. I’m still not one-hundred percent sure what happened, because he was doing better, and then just sort of crashed, but due to…
Read moreStress, Death, & Sleep
It’s been a few weeks, hasn’t it? If I remember correctly, two weeks ago I was busy wallowing in writerly self-pity over not making/taking/finding the time to do all I…
Read moreGone to the Dogs: LeashCandy.dog!
Murphy sez: Hey – did ya see the new web site J set up for us? It’s still pretty basic, but I think we can work with it. Takes awhile…
Read moreGone to the Dogs: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Mica sez: Today’s post is gonna be a little late, on account of B had to leave really, really early this morning (before 5am early), and J was up nearly…
Read moreGone to the Dogs: Two-Wheeled Sneaky-People
Murphy sez: There sure are a lot of sneaky people riding those two-wheeled contraptions around lately, don’t you think, Mica? Seems like they come out of nowhere on our walks,…
Read moreGone to the Dogs: Booms & Greens
Mica sez: I don’t know how you do it, Murph. You slept through most of the excitement last weekend. Didn’t you hear those pops and bangs going off outside? I…
Read moreGone to the Dogs: Life’s Little Pleasures
Murphy sez: Hey Mica, that new hedgehog we got is as big as my head. Do you think I should chew his nose off first, or his toes? Mica sez:…
Read moreGone to the Dogs: Dog Days of Summer
Murphy sez: Sure has been kinda quiet around here lately, hasn’t it Mica? Aside from the squirrels, I mean. They’ve been kinda active. It’s been hot though, and aside from…
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