Hopi: our 15/10*
Hopi, the sweetest dog ever, left us at 16 years old. That’s bonus years for an English Lab, and we are grateful for all of them. We were inexperienced dog…
Ode to Hemmer
Spoiler alert if you aren’t caught up on season one of Strange New Worlds. If you’ve been watching the latest Star Trek series, you have met Hemmer, the Blind Andorian…
My cat meditation
Lille En the cat has helped me learn to enjoy the present of the present moment.
A kiss from an angel
In spite of our best efforts, sometimes, the dogs need to go out in the middle of the night. This task usually falls to my spouse because somehow, I sleep…
The hiatus: an ode to a good dog, 15/10
I wrote 66 blog posts at the beginning last year and then stopped mid-May. Maybe you are wondering why. I didn't mean to check out for so long but I…
Thankful
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a…
Rebooting your life
In the land of computer support, when all else fails, you reboot and see if that fixes the problem. As you spend more and more time doing support, you get…
The third option
I am not linear and I am not a black and white thinker. I have always loved the idea of the third option. In a world of binary choices, the…
Things shift during flight
P. Scott Lebert: An appreciation I met Scott when he and my sister were first dating. The first thing I learned about Scott is that he loved to fly…
Mementos
I have a lot of mementos. They date back to the day I was born, including a copy of the Washington Post AND Scientific American! I have boxes full of…