Nurture

Citrus, floral, pepper or chocolate?

April 7, 2009

The sleet is tap, tap, tapping at the windows. In northeast Ohio a spring snowstorm carries lots of moisture – all from an unfrozen Lake Erie. Rain, sleet, snow … and what’s with the nonstop blasting horizontal wind? And the earthworms all over the driveway – where did they go or are they curled up [...]

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Three ways to make your old dog happy

April 1, 2009

We have a nester and a sprawler. Dogs, that is. Sally Ann, our Brittany is the sprawler. She is our Mae West dog – big chest and bigger heart. Her bird hunting days are over, at least in the field … her killdeer pointing in the yard is still spot on. Sally Ann’s passion for [...]

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Best friend and sad news

March 6, 2009

Today is my best friend’s birthday. Yesterday her dog died. Beth and I do not share bad news by email.  Sometimes it takes hours or days to share it by phone … just because we are too sad and crying our eyes out that we probably can’t talk without blubbering. Her dog died yesterday morning [...]

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