Hmm… what can I say? I only made it through 20 days of my first 30-day challenge, which was to give up high-calorie beverages such as wine, beer, orange juice, hot chocolate and the like. Let me blame it on Evelyn Grazini (ex-Affiliate Classroom/Lurn) for a moment at least. Evelyn showed up for a 4-day [...]
I stood at the front door talking with someone the other day and found my foot blocking egress to an imaginary animal. Our dog, Jasper, was in the back yard and Vic was gone — to kitty heaven. Almost a month and a half, and it’s still hard to fathom — my precious kitty is [...]
I don’t much care for water or wet things. I try to stay out of the rain and refuse to walk on wet grass. So, it was a shock to me when we were staying at East Harbor State Park on Lake Erie and my mother took me to the beach and pulled me into [...]
Do you know anyone who can talk for hours about themselves or other people, yet never stops to ask you a question about your experience? I am bound by blood and long-term association to several folks who seem similarly incurious. Over the years I’ve come to appreciate that their apparent lack of curiosity invariably leads [...]
We were at the KOA in Salt Lake City on June 11th, 2010 — my 4 month birthday. My parents, Ed and Ros, surprised me with Fido cookies, birthday hats and singing “Happy Birthday” (badly and out of tune) to me just after dinnertime. I didn’t care much for the hat. But they can sing [...]
I never fully appreciated “the dog ate my homework” excuse until just a few days ago when Jasper chewed up my power supply. I felt bad enough being out of contact for days at a time during our cross-country roadtrip and camping in areas which had no Internet access, but to have the dog chew [...]
Jasper, our 3 month old chocolate labrador retriever puppy had his first play date today with Harley, a 4.5 month old yellow lab puppy. Fun was had by all. The dogs ran, frolicked, nipped at each other, played with a rope toy and but for the fact that Harley lost a wisker (I felt SO [...]