Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Critters
-
In my laundry room, there's a huge old rug stretched across the concrete floor, and the room has been puppy-proofed to the best of my ability. Maybe not Belle-proofed (I think that's pretty much impossible!) but at least dangerous, tempting items like window cleaner have been moved to higher shelves. It would be such a…
-
"…Ooh, that smell! The smell of death surrounds you…" ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd It punched me in the nose this morning, just as I stepped out the door and Belle jumped on me. I knew that smell. I've lived in the country for a few years now, with country dogs. Country dogs like dead things. Did…
-
"For Sale", the new sign says, and oh my gosh, why haven't I finished my book and become a millionaire yet so I could buy this property? It's posted in front of 'the park', one of our favorite walk destinations, and, yes, I did snap a photo of the sign for some strange reason, but no,…
-
When Belle first peered through the French doors at me this morning, eager for our walk, the Hollow was still dark and blanketed in fog. It was beautiful but eerie … the new sunlight created a world of gray. Silhouettes of trees were specters lining the back ridge. The fog had begun to lift by…
-
Dear Miss Belle, It's hard for me to imagine now, watching you run down the road in front of me in that funny way you have, where your rear-end flies up higher than your head, that I ever debated the puppy question at all. When I see Max's face light up at the sight of…
-
Silly me. I'm longing for balance in my life, between work and play, book and blog, drums and laundry, sleep and wakefulness … but I envisioned this balance as a stagnant thing, like evenly weighed scales. Boring. Life is about moving, and now I realize balance is a verb, a see-saw in constant motion, each…
-
What I love about blogging is being able to scroll through my past weeks, months, years, refreshing my tired memory on the details of my life. What annoys me about blogging is finding discrepancies and contradictions in my own words. Yesterday, out of curiosity, I glanced at my entries for January 2010. To my surprise, I actually made…
-
I've been unplugged for a couple of days now, soaking in the presence of my family and friends, trying to live in the moment, stashing each away to pull out later in emergencies, like when the kids aren't able to be here for Christmas. I know that day will come, because it came to my…
Long Hollow 