We have a house guest, Bella, whose family is in Argentina until mid-July. She is a little bit of a worrier, but is settling in nicely, except for the neighborhood fireworks. She arrived Tuesday night and got a bath, nail trim, foot-hair trim on Friday. She’s getting frequent walks and seems happy. When she first [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pets’
kitty hugs are working
Frida is doing much better. I discovered a long scratch on her belly. Luckily it didn’t abscess, and she is back to normal. Thanks for your well-wishes.
Tuesday, Tuesday
Confessions: I’ve three separate submissions I am working on right now. It’s good to be working on new poems and revisions to poems. It’s another to battle the “I Can’t Write” sensations that continually wash, pulling back like the tide to reveal one phrase in twenty forty a hundred that might be decent. I stayed [...]
losses on top of losses
I don’t know why these things happen in groups (I think it is pattern-making on my part, to be honest), but many good friends, IRL & otherwise, and admired acquaintances, have lost their furry companions recently. In fact, I had two emails just yesterday telling me their sad news. I don’t know what I want [...]
Louis
Louis (named for Louis Prima & Louis Armstrong) 1998 – 2009 What a beautiful boy. * * * Thanks, dear friends, for all your kind thoughts. It was terribly difficult, but — as you all know — the right decision. We think we let him go at the right time. We’ll miss him. And the [...]
My gorgeous puppy has a girlfriend
SIghtings…
Harriet
I haven’t written much about Harriet lately. Some of you know that I had to send her back to Oregon in February. My life hasn’t been the same since. I miss her terribly- it’s hard to think about her without crying. She is in good hands, though- and has been living probably her dream life [...]
Why I bonked on NaPoWriMo (deb)
I didn’t get very far at all. But I am (mostly) okay with that. I got a dog. A puppy. A cute new furry family member. April 10th. For lots of photos, click my Flickr photo-stream on the sidebar and look for Sport. For instant gratification, here’s one from last night, taken by friends who [...]
