Dogs
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A Dog’s Weltanschauung
Patrick is doing a lot better, thanks. To clarify… Patrick is our dog. He is a 10-year-old Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. There he is, on the right… Joan and I have had Patrick since he was about a year and a half… Continue reading
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The Eternal NOW
Devoting too much of my mind to an imagined future leads to anxiety or anger or both. Devoting too much of my mind to a bygone past leads to resentment or arrogance or both. My challenge today is to learn… Continue reading
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“Throw Me the Tennis Ball!”
Happy 2024, blogosphere! And what better way to kick things off on this fresh, new set of calendar pages than with a BLOG POST! December 2023 was one of my least productive blogging months in recent memory. So, I want… Continue reading
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The Infection Question
In case I haven’t mentioned it before, I love my dogs. There is Rosie, the 5-year-old (on the left) and Patrick, Rosie’s daddy, the 7.5-year-old. Both are of the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier persuasion. We acquired Rosie first when she was… Continue reading
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WHEW! Home at Last!
4,705 miles. And we ended up right back at the same spot where we started. Naturally, I am referring to the trip Joan and I just took to visit family and hang out in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. We drove… Continue reading
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Who You Gonna Call?
The trip Joan and I are currently on has been an experiment of sorts. Specifically, it is the first time in our joint jauntings that we have plopped down in one place for a whole month. Some time ago we… Continue reading
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Straining Forward
Look at these dogs. It is safe to say – with absolutely zero bias whatsoever – that you are looking at a picture of The Best Dogs in the World. This picture shows Rosie (on the left, with the red leash)… Continue reading
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To Plunge or Not to Plunge…
When an inanimate object really, REALLY becomes a member of your family, you give it a name. We named him Travis. “Him,” in this case is a 2017 Winnebago Travato, Class B touring coach. Or RV, if you prefer. For… Continue reading
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Listening to the Dogs, Part III – Take a Break
As I might have mentioned here before, our dogs – Patrick and Rosie – are Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers. Like most dogs of the Terrier class, they are VERY energetic extroverts. Here is a quick little blurb from the American Kennel Club… Continue reading
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Listening to the Dogs, Part II: Paying Attention
This is our dog, Patrick. Patrick is a four-and-a-half-year-old Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. He is the father of our other Wheaten, Rosie girl. Our nickname for Patrick is “Ever Vigilant.” We gave him that name because nothing… NOTHING… escapes Patrick’s notice.… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 