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Year of the Dog with my pit bull

Celebrating Year Of The Dog with my pit bull

February 16, 2018

Back in November, I adopted a needy, three-year-old pittie from a rescue group. Poor thing had terrible skin allergies. He thought that going for a walk meant lunging and barking […]

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Writing about dogs: RIP to the king of canines

May 28, 2016

One glance at his Match.com photo and I knew. He was big and strong, with a magnificent head of hair. Roscoe also proved to be a total gentleman: attentive, kind […]

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How to vacation with a dog in Vermont

July 11, 2015

Summer’s flying by! The headlines? Daughter home from college. Boyfriend moving in the last of his possessions. Blog under major renovation. Writing, gardening, cleaning, adjusting…and, vacationing. With a dog. The […]

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Starting a new year without my sweet, old cat

February 22, 2015

I began the Year of the Sheep by making a painful decision about Lucky, our ancient cat. My first act of the new year was to put him to sleep. […]

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Summer and…romance!

June 3, 2014

I haven’t posted for a while because I’ve been settling into a new relationship. This is especially tricky for bloggers. After all, we’re wired to share — and overshare. Taking […]

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What unplugging taught me about love

December 5, 2013

For the last three months, I experimented with unplugging from social media. My motivation was very practical. I walked into the down time holding an ambitious to-do list. But unplugging […]

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Inspiration for the Day

September 24, 2012

I know I’m serving up a good one in this post because it poses The Most Important Question Of The Day. The topic first surfaced for me last month during […]

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