Posted in animals, dogs, e-scrapbook, life, love, pets on June 15, 2019| 4 Comments »
In honor of our dear old girl, I’m re-publishing this joyous post from a decade ago:
Science has measured and discussed the positive and negative effects of ions for years. I’ve heard that the ocean shore carries a different ionic charge, which can be energizing for many critters, and as proof I give you our Edie girl:
Posted in animals, dogs, life, love, pets on November 12, 2015| 3 Comments »
He was so attune to me. I’d be watching TV, glance over at him, and he was watching me. It might sound creepy, but it wasn’t.
Posted in animals, dogs, life, love, pets on November 10, 2015| 1 Comment »
Our sweet old German shepherd mix, Ernie, became very feeble toward the end of his life. I kept waiting for a sign from him, but his appetite never diminished. A dog-walking friend described how “the light went out” in her dog’s eyes, and she knew it was time. The light never left Ernie’s eyes: he was always alert, attune to me, the shepherd in him ever watchful.
Posted in animals, dogs, love, pets on August 26, 2012| 3 Comments »
I’m better with dogs. We understand each other. They aren’t much for semantics or grammatical distinctions, but they get emotion right away. And body language.
Dogs are fascists in the best sense of the word. They don’t like democracy. Equality just means uncertainty to dogs, and once they’ve sorted out a pecking order the unpleasantness can end and canid wisdom kicks in; to wit: my pups look at me and grok they are linked to this character for food, shelter, warmth and companionship. Their conclusion: It’s a good idea we get along with that pale biped. (more…)
Posted in life, love on January 23, 2011| 7 Comments »
Mrs. O and I went out earlier this month to the restaurant we visited on our first date, ten years ago.
Posted in animals, dogs, humor, love, pets, photography on April 28, 2010| 3 Comments »
We were watching TV when we heard the dog-snoring. This is fairly common here, but the tune was a bit unusual, so the missus and I both rousted ourselves and looked, finding our Edie girl sleeping with her head bonked right up against the couch, snout up in the air, snoring a new dog sleep song.
Posted in animals, dogs, life, love, nature, pets, photography, top of the world, walking on November 30, 2009| 5 Comments »
Science has measured and discussed the positive and negative effects of ions for years. I’ve heard that the ocean shore carries a different ionic charge, which can be energizing for many critters, and as proof I give you our Edie girl:
Posted in e-scrapbook, life, love, travel on July 11, 2009| 3 Comments »
They’re an odd trio now, clumped out on the curb, reminders of other times and incarnations, ready to be hauled off somewhere.
Posted in life, love, politics, thoughts on December 28, 2008| 2 Comments »
One of the best arguments I’ve heard so far on Prop. 8, the California proposition banning gay marriage that was heavily funded by church groups, was a letter to the editor in the San Francisco Chronicle on November 30, 2008, titled “Unholy matrimony.”
Posted in animals, dogs, life, love, nature, pets on December 17, 2008| 5 Comments »
I have a former coworker, A, who has whippets, the petite racing dogs. She both races them and keeps them as pets.
I heard recently that A has trained her whippets to sit, expecting a treat, and to raise a paw before they are rewarded, as if they are students in class raising a hand to ask a question.
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