Furniture from Costco
As some of you may know we have recently bought a “spring and summer” residence in Bend, Or., and thus have officially joined the ranks of “snowbirds” and will migrate to AZ with the rest of the pack sometime soon or at least by the end of September due to the pickleball tournaments which begin [...]
Within this Cave, Everything….
The somewhat strange title of this piece has its origin, oddly, in an email sent to be long ago by Dr. Dennis, who, besides being a Ph.D. in something or other is also a Buddhist Monk, and it’s in that latter capacity that he wrote, saying that, in his tiny basement apartment sublet from someone [...]
The Frog that Came To Stay
Do you remember Froggie, in Wind in the Willows? Adopting every fad that came by as the final answer to a question that he probably would never even ask himself? Discarding it just as quickly? Vroooom, vroom, racing around from bikes to boats to cars and back again. I get that frog, and I suppose [...]
Great Places for Life, Hate to Visit There
This summer we have been in a larger-than-normal number of pet hospitals, which begs the question, “Is there a normal number?”. Irene and I think that, if you have multiple animals, (we had four at the beginning of the summer), you will be in a veterinary hospital at least once a year. Keeping in mind [...]
Good, Bad, Ugly
Today Spyro had us up at 4 AM with diarrhea and vomiting, prompting even more anxiety given Rocky’s recent troubles. When Spy then stopped eating entirely, an absolute first for a dog that will eat week-old lettuce with gusto, we rushed him to the vet. He was there by 7:30 AM and he was on [...]
A few more picture of Rocky….
Rocky the Girl-Dog was always up for a photo-shoot. Here are just a few of our favorites, taken over the last couple of years. The porcupine picture was taken at Truckee, CA. a few minutes after Spyro and she decided to drag the beast out of a bush, which didn’t happen. The picture of her [...]
Ode to a Good Dog
Rocky was diagnosed today as having inoperable cancer of the kidney, lungs and other organs. Given that she already was unable to walk when we brought her in late this morning, the doctor put her chances as having any quality of life as zero, and by two o’clock she was in heaven, hopefully chasing her [...]
Rocky the Girl-Dog and Westlake Hills
I’ve written about Rocky the Girl-Dog (her full name, used so that people can understand she’s a girl although (a) she doesn’t look like one and (b) her name is Rocky) several times before. This time the good dog has gotten herself in bad trouble. She has been losing her balance lately, is barely able [...]