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It has been almost a year since we got Havoc the labradoodle. I am beginning to accept the fact that I am no longer in charge of my own life. Previous dog, Kaiju, was the merry prankster of the family, with a tendency to steal supper, eat roadkill, hump legs and chase the occasional cat. […]

#1 Son came home from college for Labor Day Weekend. After twenty four hours, he began to get weirded out, trying to decide if anything had changed, if this was home, if the dorm was home, etc. And began to talk about leaving a day early. Huh. Not so fast, buddy. To give him incentive, […]

Last week, we finally got to see the squirrels. It was move in day for #1 son, his first official day away from home. And I needed something to cheer me up. A friend recently suggested that I could earn extra money by writing anecdotes for “Chicken Soup for the Soul”. If I can be […]

I don’t talk much about my writing over here, although I probably should. I don’t talk about it anywhere else, either. I am bad at both Facebook and Myspace, I cannot get my head around the concept of regular tweeting. And I seem to be setting some new record for non-updated websites. This is about […]

I’d hoped to be posting squirrel pictures. But the dream has been deferred. Someone died, and I couldn’t get into the funeral home. And I feel bad about being disappointed. Because what can I say? Someone’s grandma probably died. Do I dare be bummed for not getting to the albino squirrels? But they were playing […]