The Old Gray Mare
My brother’s wife once told me a story that I misunderstood completely. She and my brother had been in New York City for the weekend, she called to say, walking all over to shop and sightsee, when she...
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I’ll Take One Dog Cone, Size Large
My dog is under the impression that he is both paralyzed and in big trouble. All it took was a cone. In the past I have openly mocked dogs wearing the big Cone of Shame as my prancing, handsome dog...
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Canine Agents of Embarrassment
It’s time to call out the most embarrassing member of my household. That would be my seven year old German Shorthaired Pointer, Achilles. He pairs an unerring sense for the exact WRONG thing to do in...
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How to Maximize the Drama Inherent in a Wild Turkey Encounter
1.) Sleep only five hours the night prior, to ensure that your reaction times will be slow as maple sap in January. 2.) Own a bird dog, albeit one whose hunting instincts have always been confined to...
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Seven Things My Pet Thought In the Past 24 Hours
1. The bed just creaked! Is this the middle of the night trip the lady does to the bathroom, or is it THE CREAK OF CREAKS THAT THEY ARE GETTING UP TO LET ME OUT AND FEED ME OH JOY OH JOY I THINK IT...
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Slo-Bowl for Sadness
My dog is pissed at me and quite frankly, I don’t blame him. The girls and I went to the pet food store to buy him a new bed for Christmas. The one he uses has a detachable pad, and every time he wants...
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Don’t Impinge On Me
I can only dream of giving myself a half-hug like this again someday. Remember when your injuries came with good back stories? In my own storytelling archives, I have “My knee is ripped open because my...
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Au Revoir, Remodel
It appears that, against all odds, our bathroom remodel is actually going to draw to a close this week after six weeks, make that seven, oops more like eight, the glass door for the shower was...
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Our New Normal
When our dog had a seizure at the foot of our bed in the wee hours of last Tuesday morning, our first reaction was to yell at him. Normally Achilles starts the evening sleeping on our younger...
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Six Months Later
Most of my Jewish friends here in Oakland go to the same synagogue, so I’ve been privileged to attend many Bat and Bar Mitzvahs there. There’s a part of the Jewish worship service that I love, at least...
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