Spark of Love

Spark of Love

Today is our Sparky dog’s birthday. As far as we know. He was rehomed with us because his prior owner was an elderly woman whose decline due tp Alzheimer’s Disease escalated. Therefore no papers were found to verify his birthdate and pedigree. We were Good...
Free Ways

Free Ways

Six months ago, if you’d told me that I’d miss our masked up existence and protracted homestay, I would have laughed aloud. “Ridiculous!” I’d have shouted. Today, however, I admit the suggestion’s truth. While almost everything about the pandemic-enforced pause was...

“Are you _____?” Mistaken identities rate!

The curious interest, the thinly-veiled stare, the hesitation, the pointing, the whispering – and then the ask, rather the tell: “You’re ____, aren’t you.” A shy, yet gushing smile. Marietta Harley, for one. In her case, I think it was...
New Year’s Resolutions: Boon or Bust

New Year’s Resolutions: Boon or Bust

All of us have bad habits, some badder than others. Such as the people who break Commandments, like ‘Thou shalt not murder, steal, and/or covet,” which are remarkably, regrettably bad. According to a cutely credible pop culture book, ‘Everything Bad...