Just Photos
Just photos this week, I've been either ridiculously busy or brain dead from the heat. It's been hot and humid forever, and it's going to continue for at least two more weeks. Getting up extra early to work the BC's before it gets too hot. Watering my desperate plants before the sun is too strong. Going outside to garden or walk dogs for short periods; coming inside sopping wet with sweat. (In the late 60's, on my very first night as an independent semi-adult at UC-Boulder, I walked downtown to a bar and danced with some guy who said "You sure sweat a lot for a skinny girl".) So it's all photos this week. Here's my favorite: I was taking close ups of the day lilies, and didn't Read More
Love, but not Like? Like, but not Love? Feelings are Messy.
Have you ever had a dog that you loved, but didn't like? If you have, you're not alone. Last week I asked readers what was on their mind and what they'd like to talk about. In response, loyal reader HFR wrote "Having a dog you love but not like." That comment opened a flood gate of similar comments from people in the same situation. It's not something that we talk about often, is it? When it came up, I suspect it was a relief to many dog lovers. But truth be told, surely it's impossible to be in love, and like, with every dog we have ever had. I wonder, though, if we all have the assumption that if we were good people, we would love or like all of our dogs equally. And if we don't Read More
What’s on Your Mind?
Every once in a while I reach out and ask readers what they'd like to talk about. When I started this blog twelve years ago, I thought I might need to do so because I'd run out of topic ideas. That's never happened--animals and the people who love them are a never-ending source of inquiry. I have some topics in the hopper, but lately I've been wondering about what YOU want to talk about. I suspect that this is in part because I'm been "Safe at Home" for three months now, and am feeling a tad isolated. I am aware every moment how lucky I am to have Jim, the dogs and cats, the farm, and so many good friends and family members. That doesn't mean that even the luckiest among us aren't cut off Read More