Goodbye Sweet Major
When we got Major in January 2013, it had been two and a half years since we’d lost Hank. Our hearts were finally ready for a new dog, and the boys had lo...
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A Long Autumn
It’s been a vibrant, lovely autumn, and the season seems to have lasted longer than usual this year. There are still leaves on the trees even now, some ha...
Lifting the Anvil
When I woke up on January 1, 2021, I felt lighter, as if in the night I’d dropped 20 pounds of gloom off of my shoulders and onto the floor. The physical ...
First Snow Day of 2019
We don’t get a lot of snow around here, but when there’s a threat of an inch, schools and businesses close in precaution. (Don’t make fun. We ...
The Possum Chronicles
It began on Tuesday night, September 4, when Major lost his mind. Evenings are typically low-key for our blue tick hound, but something had triggered his huntin...
Signs of Life Days Seventeen through Twenty
When Friday morning rolled around and I’d finished a laundry list of things to do, including laundry, I hibernated in my bedroom for two hours awaiting my...