Miles and smiles
We are marking six weeks in our new digs, the dogs and I are getting into the groove of condo living and life at the beach. We aren’t getting off to the super early morning starts anymore – the daily six AM dog party in the unit above us has become old hat – we […]
The face of devotion
I only need to look at my big brown dog and think ‘I love you’ and he wags his tail. If the notion of going for a walk crosses my mind he looses his. Chester and I have a connection that goes beyond words. I inherited this brown dog and although we have a strong […]
Chester is still a challenge
He left me with his dog. Not that I’m complaining, I love this dog but I didn’t choose him. I have written about Chester several times; his antics, his challenges and my commitment to him. I love Chester. That doesn’t change the fact that I didn’t choose him — he was, and still is, my […]
Meeting Max
My mind wanders while I’m walking my dogs. We take the same familiar route every day which makes it easy for me to fall into a thought and stay there while still putting on the miles. Sometimes I get lost in what I’m currently writing, sometimes I get lost in a memory and sometimes that […]
Camping in December
I’m camping on the family room floor for the third night in a row. I have a snoring Boston Terrier curled up on one side of me and a Chesapeake bay retriever wearing an Elizabethan collar sprawled on his pillow on the other. Both dogs are wondering why the hell we are not upstairs in […]
A good investment
I have a giant goldfish who lives in an aquarium in my office. My eldest granddaughter and I bought her at the local pet store. My granddaughter was about one at the time, she is now seven – which means this goldfish is now a senior. The fish was tiny when we bought it — […]
Taking a Page From Olive’s Book
I have an eleven year old Boston Terrier – that makes her seventy-seven in people years. Her name is Olive, and she is a boss. She is the queen of the dog park – she struts her stuff like she owns the place. I admire this quality in this feisty little girl. She doesn’t seem […]
Paw Prints On My Heart — episode 9 — Spencer
It’s hard to talk about Spencer without first being reminded of his untimely loss. I will get this out of the way quickly so I can get on with his story. Spencer was the only dog we ever lost on the road – it was devastating. I don’t think any of us are really over […]