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Duty of care
This big, lovely dog, Harvey, came into our lives in late May. He likes to put his head on my lap, and each night before I turn off my light, he gets…
August 10, 2015 -
Rolling with the black dog
Today something wonderful happened. Mid-afternoon Sunday, two last plants that lived on the porch since April were finally planted, two of the horses trimmed, chooks and ducks seen to, laundry pulled from the…
June 28, 2015 -
Then. Now. When?
When I was a kid, I used to walk home from school and sit in a chair across from my mom in the living room. We would spend a good hour talking…
June 16, 2015 -
What changed a life
You often hear that phrase, “that moment changed my life” or “she/he changed my life”. It is a definitive event, or person that came along at the right time and acted as…
March 7, 2015 -
Testing the limits
We have a dog named Spud. When we adopted him in 2011, we were going to call him Suds because he was so bubbly. But I kept calling him Spud by accident.…
February 22, 2015 -
Staying on the streets
I read two thought-provoking articles in Dame magazine in the past week on very different topics. One was about the freedom of childhood, now often denied by over-vigilant parents. The other was about…
January 27, 2015 -
A wonderful gift
My camera is acting up again, and tonight, in an attempt to clean it, I accidentally smudged the CMOS sensor with grease or something. I’m more than a little cranky with myself.…
January 22, 2015 -
This girl can
I saw this video and I thought it was brilliant. It’s only a minute and a half. Have a look: I thought these women were fabulous. I’m in that boat now, and…
January 18, 2015
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