Rocky the Dog

Songs of My Life: Dog Days Are Over

July 11, 2012

I can’t remember first hearing this song.  I don’t know where I was or what I was doing or who I was with.  All I can recall was a feeling…a strong emotion that stuck with me even though the song had little meaning to me at that point in time. That soon changed. The song [...]

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Character Profile: Brooklyn the Dog

January 25, 2012

Long ago when this blog started, I detailed some of the important beings in my life.  Given that it takes some time to really establish a connection and learn the ways of someone else, I usually wait a bit until doing this.  Now that we’ve had Brooklyn for over ten months, I think that time [...]

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Another Year

November 8, 2011

I can remember most everything about that day.  November 8, 2010 changed so many things. Last year at this time we were rushing to the hospital to see The Mister’s Father, Jerry.  It wasn’t a frenzied hurry that usually accompanies dire circumstances.  The Mister had been at the hospital until three in the morning and [...]

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Pet Sounds

June 1, 2011

I just dropped my dog off at doggy daycare. Yes, I know how absurd that sounds.   This absurdness hit me twice this morning.  The first time when I was packing her some food for the lunchtime break.  The second was when I pulled into the parking lot.  I know there are many people other than [...]

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The Heart of Life

March 31, 2011

  Last week in therapy (yes, I’m going to talk about what my therapist said), she mentioned to me that I’ve been through a lot in the past month.  And I think that’s catching up with me this week.  Not necessarily in a bad way (though I’m behind on school work and that’s not good), [...]

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Brooklyn Bound

March 28, 2011

I am wearing a sweater that has some relatively large gaps in the knitting.  It’s one of those sweaters where you’d be best served wearing something underneath it (though, I’m sure, that’s more my self-consciousness talking than anything).  Normally (and by “normally” I mean the one other time I’ve worn this sweater since purchasing it), [...]

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Fresh Air

March 17, 2011

Do you know what I did when I got home from work last night?  I opened some windows.  This may seem like a small task, but I haven’t had any fresh air in my house for way too long.  But yesterday’s lovely heat wave (it was in the 50s) allowed me to open three–yes, three–windows.  [...]

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Random Thoughts

March 1, 2011

I have to admit, I think we’re living in some of the most extraordinary times.  I didn’t think this until recently.  I used to think we were the proverbial red-headed stepchild of history, but everything that is occurring in North Africa, the Middle East and even in Madison, Wisconsin has me hopeful that maybe we’re [...]

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Too Quiet on the (Mid)Western Front

February 21, 2011

Before I say anything else, I want to offer my undying gratitude for all of your comments, tweets, Facebook messages and so on.  Your support over these past few days has been nothing short of amazing.  While it didn’t make the hard decision any easier (nothing ever could), it made dealing with it a bit [...]

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The Last Wag

February 18, 2011

This week has been far less than easy.  In fact, it has been the opposite of easy.  Instead of relaxing and focusing on my IVF, I’ve been on a rollercoaster of emotions.  Instead of focusing on the present, I’ve been forced to make plans for the future that I never wanted to make, though I [...]

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