Sometimes, it's just fun to share a story. Friend Marilyn sent this to me the other day and I've been itching for an opportunity to share it. A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in Montana when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of …
Month: October 2017
Agility dogs…
About a week ago, Toni sent me an email. “I gave my book away… can you give me another one?” Toni Drugmand is my dog trainer. You can read all about her in Chapter 33 “Thanks, Toni” of Challenges and Rewards. Both print and eBook are available at Amazon. I knew she would be teaching …
Trailer Light Check
On this blog, I concentrate on Dogs, Casita travel trailers and Travel in general. I've already published my first Dog book and have 40 chapters written on my second dog book. The Casita is an interesting journey. I already have 38 chapters (some of them frustrating) in my attempt to convert a hybrid Casita into …
Marcia and Sal
I gave Sal a copy of my book Challenges and Rewards last week. Sal is the subject of Chapter 34 “Sal’s Breakfast Restaurant.” His wife, Marcia, read it and said she wanted to meet me. The bottom line was an invitation to dinner at the Sunflower Resort Tiki Hut las evening. It happened on October …
Terry and Blade
I looked forward to seeing Terry and Blade this evening. It was about 5:15 and the October 26th weather was holding. It’s been a wonderful, pleasant month. So was September. After the brutal Surprise, Arizona summer, we were enjoying the change. Terry told me yesterday that he now had to park the car to the …
Those were the days…
Don’t you just love it when someone seriously asks for your help? (I do!) I guess it’s been a year already since Nancy asked me for some assistance. She has a wonderful career doing distance learning teaching both English and Math. Technology is wonderful. Nancy lives in Ireland, and she uses Skype …
Goatheads and Foxtails
I am not talking about the cute animal with horns . I am referring to this thorny critter. It has several names: sand burrs, puncture vines or goatheads. My dogs have had lots of experience with goatheads. As you can see from the picture, they are hard, small stickers with sharp spines that pierce the …
A long day
I had no idea what a long day October 17, 2017, would turn out to be. It didn’t help I pushed myself by writing until about midnight. I finished at two and lay down but was back up close to six to take the dogs for their morning exercise. Today I would be busy. My …
My dog’s food
When Bernie and Chris do therapy dog visits, I often get asked what food I feed them. What you see is the morning dish of October 16, 2017. I feed them twice a day. Bernie gulps his food. To prevent Bernie from wolfing down his food, I have a special domed bowl for him. The …
Not my dog….
It was somewhere about three Sunday morning; the moon showed a single quarter-opened eye in an inky black sky. Only a few pinpricks of light for stars. Half of October was over. A warm wind was blowing out of the north with 76 degrees registered on my outdoor thermometer. The reason I was even aware …
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