It’s time for my end-of-summer (or beginning-of-fall) blogging break. During my break, I plan to think about how to mark seven years of blogging. (I know, can you believe it?) I plan to work on several writing projects, visit some special people (and animals), think about how to best handle Pinktober this year, make progress …
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April is National Poetry Month, so I invited newsletter subscribers (What, you haven’t signed up yet?), to share poems they’ve written. Reading them was so fun. I’m going to have to ask for submissions again before next April rolls around! Most of us have written poems somewhere along the line, probably in elementary school, high …
Last month I got a text from my brother letting me know he had reluctantly, but lovingly, made the difficult decision to have my dad’s Cairn Terrier Mandi euthanized. I had just pulled into my parking stall at a local strip-mall where I planned to get a haircut. I read that text and immediately lost …
When the life of a dear pet nears its end, you often hear it said that you will know when it’s time. You will know when it’s time to do the right thing. You will know when it’s time to let them go. You will know when it’s time to euthanize. I’m not so sure …
In a recent newsletter, I invited subscribers to send me photos of their special non-human cancer companions. My dogs Elsie and Sophie have been such special eye witnesses and secret keepers for me, and I thought what a great chance for us all to share about these wonderful creatures who are part of our lives …