In the “dog days of summer”, my dogs have little enthusiasm for being outside after 830AM and before 7PM. The…
old dogs and folk remedies
In my childhood I found some old medicinal bottles in New England. One, a “Dr. True’s Elixir”, had been around…
Rebalance
Even now, during a week that I do not have any work scheduled, I need time to refresh and rebalance…
hospitality Sunday
2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing…
positive dogma
Every day I want to be more like my dogs. At least in some aspect. I do not care for…
the Odd Couple
A television show from my youth featured two bachelors living together in an apartment. One was fastidiously neat and somewhat…
Drive up window
Happiness turned to disappointment this morning at the Starbucks drive thru. The Malamute in the car ahead of us was…
serial killer
I turned off the living room television where Sheri had apparently dozed off streaming the first few seasons of NCIS.…
Cold remedies include VaporRub and NCIS reruns
Semi-retirement is not dull. On summer days we do not work, I take the dogs early for a walk around…
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