Tag Archives: dog
a new companion
I adopted a little dog named Atticus and brought him home a week ago today, ending the longest time I had been without a pet since the mid-1980s. Losing Bode was hard, but I am grateful for the six years … Continue reading
stealth eating
Not sure where this behavior comes from. I hung a curtain in the doorway between the kitchen and the bedroom last fall to cut down on drafts. Guess the Bode has been shy about eating, you can see the … Continue reading
sparkling clean pet bowls
This afternoon while I was in the kitchen preparing to use a steel pad (SOS) on Bode’s stainless steel food dish and scour his glass drinking bowl with Bon Ami, I thought why not try denture cleaning tablets? My mom … Continue reading
spring things
To celebrate upgrading to WordPress 2.5, I am adding an audio file: early morning bird songs Last week the crocuses were starting to bloom: Then over the weekend, the daffodils started to open: Aw shucks, how about a movie … Continue reading
little projects
One of the coping strategies I have found useful is to try to do something productive each day, no matter how small a task. On Tuesday, the project was giving Bode a bath. Grooming him is usually fairly pleasant. He … Continue reading