Category Archives: boomer

when we go

He doesn’t play the tricks (lately) that he once did (fingers crossed). He’ll surrender the ball without much resistance. But, he’ll try to wait me out.  Sitting in the grass under a cool shade. He’ll watch me walk away, towards … Continue reading →

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how to play keep-away: dog park edition

There is nothing more awesome than hanging out at the unfenced dog park for hours and hours on a drearily dark, mosquito-infested, mid-week night. Belly-up in the dewy grass. As long as I have greenball, I’m good to go. And … Continue reading →

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ralph

Okay, I may be feeling a whole lotta BLAH these days, but that shouldn’t keep me from sharing some of the other things happening in these parts. So, let me take a minute to introduce you to Ralph. Ralph is … Continue reading →

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a tail of a first.

Yesterday was the first day of the school year. And appropriately, it was a day of mighty big first in my corner of the world: Boomer’s first subway ride. It wasn’t necessarily how I imagined it would go – in … Continue reading →

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i think i may have been a little misleading

A couple of days ago I posted about our trip up north and I wrote something about knitting, eating, chatting, playing board games…. well, while we did (occasionally) engage in those things, the three of us (and anyone who dared … Continue reading →

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remembering a girl and her dog

A year and a half ago, two days before Christmas, I was sitting in the emergency vet clinic downtown, waiting. Waiting for bad news, waiting for the parking meter to expire, waiting to officially make decisions that had already been … Continue reading →

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