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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dogs’
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Truly Random Thoughts of a Stream of Consciousness Insomniac
Posted in Dharma, Humor, Personal, Random Thoughts, Writing, tagged Dharma, dogs, Insomnia, money, moving, pets, sleep, stream of consciousness, sun, warmth on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My brain is normally overflowing with words. I can hardly exist sometimes with all the words leaking out my ears and nostrils. But for the last few days, my brain has been remarkably quiet. I’ve thought of a few things, but nothing like usual. Okay, non sequitur here. But I’m sitting and typing this and my [...]
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 [...]
Pointless Rambling
Posted in Health, Humor, Personal, Random Thoughts, tagged dogs, drugs, Health, Humor, Insomnia, medication, Personal, sleep, Stress on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After all of my ranting on racism in the last few days, I feel drained of words. I have a fabulous idea for (another) book though. I seem to have more books in my head than I have time to put them on the page. I slept without drugs last night. I think I should [...]
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