I just found some of Autumn’s nail clippers and felt a pang at the thought that these clippers could survive, but my dog didn’t. It seems unfair somehow, that this meaningless hunk of plastic and metal gets to be here and she does not. It’s such a strange feeling. I wonder if some of humanity’s [...]
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Nail Clippers
Posted in Animals, grief, life, Love, Personal, tagged Animals, death, dogs, grief, life, loss, Love, Personal on January 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Virtually Useless Post
Posted in Animals, Babies, life, Personal, tagged Animals, babies, dogs, life, Love, Personal, Random Thoughts on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of those extra special posts where I say virtually nothing and put it in a blog post. Come to think of it, isn’t that what all of my blog is, actually? I’m gradually discovering that I have nothing of any value to impart via the written word. Nonsense, nonsense, all of it. [...]
Oh, how lovely
Posted in Animals, Babies, Children, Family, Personal, tagged babies, Children, Family, life, Love, Personal on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have such sweet and lovely children. Having a forum to gush over my babies is one of many reasons I enjoy having a blog. These are Christmas photos I took of the family tonight.
Thanksgiving Sonnet
Posted in Animals, Personal, tagged Animal rights, Animals, Personal, poetry, Sonnet, Thanksgiving, turkeys on November 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It’s that time of year again, for me to repost a sonnet I wrote in college. I’ve gone back and tried again and again to get the exact syllabic format for a completely proper sonnet, but could not find words to replace those here that would maintain the imagery and metaphoric content that I wanted, [...]
Isabel, a Polar bear, and a Giraffe
Posted in Animals, Babies, Children, Family, life, Personal, tagged Animals, babies, Children, Conservation, Environment, Family, Giraffe, life, Personal, Polar bear, Zoo on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Isabel went to the zoo with her cousin Sarah yesterday. We saw lots of animals because it was early and the sun was hiding behind clouds (as opposed to the last time we went in the middle of a sunny day when they were all napping). I felt sorry for the animals. Many of them [...]
Growing Up Strange
Posted in Animals, Funny, Humor, life, Personal, tagged Animals, Books, childhood, dogs, horses, Intellectuals, life, Personal, Ponies, Reading on January 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps part of why I have not become a pillar of the intellectual community, aside from the fact I’m not thick enough to serve as a pillar, is that while growing up, I did devour books, but I was mostly interested in stories, particularly stories about horses or animals. As a teenager, I expanded my [...]
Thanksgiving Sonnet
Posted in Animals, tagged Animal rights, Animals, holidays, Thanksgiving, turkeys on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Turgid turkeys, strained into rickety wooden coffins, exit four-by-four from a ten-ton hearse. Into the turkey mill: mutilation, holocaust. Perspiring hormones, Tom Turkey stares with one cold eye at a crumbling chimney tower belching death in putrid smoke, blackening holiday skies. Annihilating light. Bodies, bones. None remain unfrozen. With elaborate precision he’s taken apart; neck, [...]
One Week Old: The Land of Cuteness
Posted in Animals, Children, life, Love, Personal, tagged Animals, babies, Children, Family, Happiness, life, Love, Personal on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lara Gardner’s Weblog, so long full of angst and loneliness, heartache and concern, now a lovefest to her new baby. I’m giddy in love with this little person. She is lying here nursing right now and making these little hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm noises between gulps. Her little right hand is resting on her cheek, [...]
I am in Love
Posted in Animals, Family, life, Love, Personal, tagged Animals, dogs, Family, Happiness, life, Love, Personal on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There are some just dog things, such as the way they trot in front of you with their ears back, going the way you go, that I just adore in this puppy of mine. I love how wherever I go in the house she follows me. My dog Autumn did that. It was one of [...]
Poop Breath Monster
Posted in Animals, Family, Funny, Humor, life, Love, Personal, tagged Animals, Coprophagia, dogs, Family, Funny, Humor, life, Love, Personal, Puppies on July 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Gads, I love my puppy. I know this is a silly thing to write about, but she is just such a dear, sweet, delightful little dog, and I adore her so much that I had to say so. She is so cute. She is small and white, with a happy grin. Her little butt looks [...]
Letters to Annoying People
Posted in Animals, Environmental, life, Love, Personal, Ranting, tagged Air Conditioning, Animals, Cities, Dog shit, dogs, Environment, Environmental, Facebook, Hair, Hairdresserers, life, New York City, Personal, Ranting, Sidewalks, Society on May 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dear Hairdresser, Here is a clue: Just because you think my hair might look “cool” with that fancy cut you propose does not mean that I want you to cut it that way. You are not me. You do not live with me and you are not someone I spend a lot of time with. [...]
Watch Out for the Big, Bad Pig
Posted in Animals, life, Media, Ranting, Science, Society, tagged death, Hate radio, illness, life, Media, medicine, news, Pigs, Public, Science, Society, Swine flu, USA, WHO on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So a week ago I published a blurb about the swine flu thinking everyone was freaking out for nothing. For a few days after, I wondered if maybe I got it wrong. Now however, I’m back to my original premise. I was also right about the foolish overreacting that would take place. Some ountries have [...]
Nonsense and Cuteness
Posted in Animals, life, Personal, tagged Animals, Baby animals, life, Personal, Photos, Puppies, Writing on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am writing this bit of nonsense because I made a commitment to myself to write something every day, even if it’s a bit of nonsense. I have many writing projects to work on, but today is a busy day out of the house so I will have to postpone those projects until later. In [...]
Hypnotized
Posted in Animals, life, Music, Personal, tagged Animals, life, Personal, Puppy on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have a cold and my brain is fuzzy. I sat down here thinking there was something I wanted to write, but now I’m here and all I can think about is sleep. There is a lulling buzz in the front of my skull. It’s the viruses doing their little dance trying to take over [...]
Giving Birth to a Kitten
Posted in Animals, life, Personal, tagged Animals, babies, dreams, Kittens, life, Personal, Pregnancy on March 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I dreamed I gave birth to a kitten. Giving birth to the kitten was normal. It was black and white. As it tried to nurse I realized that it was not the human I had been expecting. I remembered registering for baby things on Amazon. I realized I would have to tell everyone that I [...]
How to Get Salt Stains Off Your Shoes
Posted in Animals, How to, tagged Animals, Horseman's One Step, horses, How to, Leather, Salt stains, shoes, Snow, Tack, weather, Winter on December 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Ever gone walking around in the snow only to come home with weird white goo on your shoes? The white goo is salt deposits. Salt is poured on snow and ice to melt it so people don’t slip. But it makes kind of an ugly mess on shoes that will not dissolve when wiped with [...]
I Should Have Been Born a Thoroughbred
Posted in Animals, life, Love, Personal, Writing, tagged Animals, Conflict, horses, life, Personal, Relationships, Stress on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am one of those nervous nelly types who reacts physically to mental upsets. I get a sore throat and diarrhea if my boyfriend and I have an argument. Once I even threw up. The consequence is that I have many activities to help with mental harmony. I have a special grounding meditation. I like [...]
Thanksgiving Sonnet
Posted in Animals, Personal, Politics, Writing, tagged Animal rights, Animals, food, holidays, life, Meat, Personal, poetry, Politics, Thanksgiving, Writing on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Turgid turkeys, strained into rickety wooden coffins, exit four-by-four from a ten-ton hearse. Into the turkey mill: mutilation, holocaust. Perspiring hormones, Tom Turkey stares with one cold eye at a crumbling chimney tower belching death in putrid smoke, blackening holiday skies. Annihilating light. Bodies, bones. None remain unfrozen. With elaborate precision he’s taken apart; neck, [...]
Miss Molly
Posted in Animals, Family, Friends, grief, life, Love, Personal, tagged Animals, death, dogs, Family, Friends, grief, life, Love, Nature, Personal, pets on September 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In December 1996, I decided that I wanted another dog. I had lived with my sweet dog, Autumn, for four and a half years. We had moved back to Oregon from the east coast, and I had finished college and begun working full time. I decided Autumn needed someone to hang out with during the [...]
Today is Autumn’s Birthday
Posted in Animals, Children, Family, life, Love, Personal, tagged Animals, Children, dogs, Elvis, Family, Friends, life, Love, Personal, Women on August 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Doesn’t that sound like the first line of a poem? Speaking metaphorically of course. I am not, however, speaking metaphorically. August 16 is the day my Autumn was born, in 1993. She died July 19, 2005. I chose her the day she was born and she died in my arms. She lived her life with [...]
I Want One of These for my Dog!
Posted in Animals, Politics, tagged Animals, dogs, obama, pets, Politics on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please Advise this Would-Be Diplomat
Posted in Animals, Funny, Humor, life, Love, Personal, Politics, Relationships, tagged Animals, Congress, dogs, Iraq, life, Love, peace, Personal, Relationships, war on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I think maybe I get why Congress can’t pull its head out of its ass about the Iraq war and do something different that moves us towards stabilization in the region and ultimately allows our soldiers to come home. The reason I’m able to understand this is that I’m kind of like Congress right [...]
More Mindless Rambling
Posted in Animals, computers, Friends, Funny, Humor, life, Media, Music, Pointless Rambling, Random Thoughts, Writing, tagged bass, Blogs, dogs, drums, fergilicious, life, mathmaticious, Media, Music, news, Personal, rambling, wordpress on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow. So I check out of reality for a few days and when I check back in the hottest story out there is a transgendered man having a baby and Obama’s bowling ability. I think maybe it’s time to check back out again. I normally avoid the news but there are some headlines that are [...]
Molly
Posted in Animals, Family, Health, life, Love, Personal, tagged brain tumors, dogs, illness, Love, pain, seizures on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Woke up this morning to my dog Molly having a major seizure. Her head was all twisted to the left her spine all to the right she could not stand she was shitting and pissing herself and her eyes were pointing in opposite directions. It was horrible. I’m kind of weirded out by the fact [...]
Dogs, Blogs, and the Nice Manager at Target
Posted in Animals, Children, Personal, Pointless Rambling, Random Thoughts, tagged Blogs, Children, dogs, Personal, Random Thoughts, Shopping on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My silly little dog hurt his back leg. I suspect he injured it while jumping off the couch or the bed. In any case, it appears to be a soft tissue injury and, while he is limping, he seems to be improving. He does not like to step on it and walks gingerly. Today I [...]
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Posted in Animals, Funny, Humor, tagged Animals, Bunny Foo Foo, Funny, Humor, Politics on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh this is just so lovely, I had to share! Notice how Bunny Foo Foo hides his hammer when the fairy comes to see him, and his eyes go all googly side to side. It’s brilliant. http://www.banjobunny.com/cardpreview.php?cardid=108
So Unbelievable
Posted in Animals, Environmental, Health, Personal, Politics, Ranting, Society, tagged America, Animals, Box Elder Bugs, Carcinogens, Earth, Environment, Health, Insects, Personal, Ranting, Society, Spiders, Suburbs, Toxins on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My daughter likes box elder bugs. They are these harmless beetle things that only live for about a week. They have red stripes on their back and they fly, their wings little red capes whirring behind them in flight, kind of like little insectian super heroes. They enjoy warmth, so they hang out in windows and places with [...]
Gods
Posted in Animals, Family, Friends, Personal, tagged Animals, dogs, Friends on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dogs. I swear part of the reason they live with us is to cheer us up. Yes, I know that is totally human centric, but it’s true. I have spent all morning in a funk. My little pack has been sitting around me, hovering and waiting for pets and lovies. Just now I got up [...]
Our Non-Traditional Family
Posted in Animals, Children, Family, Personal, tagged cats, Children, dogs, Family, Personal on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sitting here at my computer doing my thing and my dogs are all hovering, their personalities evident in the hovering each of them does. Molly, the half lab half border collie, is standing next to me, her head half down. Every so often she’ll glance up and then look back down at the floor. [...]
Go faster!
Posted in Animals, Humor, Love, tagged Animals, dogs, Friends, Love, Personal on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was walking through my house to get to the back porch to feed my dogs. My greyhound was so excited at the possibility of food, she shoved her nose up my butt to hurry me along. She’s done this before. It works. Cold nose in my butt, I move more quickly to escape [...]
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