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A joyful new addition and a sad goodbye

Posted in animals, death & dying, tagged , , , on March 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Many of you were very kind when I recently posted about missing my dog. So, I thought you might enjoy knowing that we have recently (finally!) found a new dog to adopt into our home. Meet miss Sophie Jane, a 9-month-old blond lab. After more than a month of haunting the kennels of the local [...]

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I miss my dog!

Posted in animals, death & dying, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2008 | 36 Comments »

I used to have the most wonderfulest dog in the world. Jonah was a Golden Retriever that my husband and I adopted from the Human Society. He was the absolute essence of lovingkindness. He was gentle. He was goofy. He was not particularly bright, but he was clever and stubborn, which seemed to make up [...]

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Simple joy: prairie dogs

Posted in animals, nature, simple joys, tagged , , on October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Where I live in the panhandle of Texas is short grass prairie, perfect habitat for black tailed prairie dogs and burrowing owls. Today I went out to explore a prairie dog colony about a mile from my house on several acres near a new church on the edge of town. There were at least 130 [...]

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