While on vacation the three days before Christmas, I decided to pretend I’m a different kind of writer. The kind the writes from home. I volunteered to turn in 10 pages at my fiction writing class on the first day back after the break. On top of that, we have another writing assignment we’re supposedContinue reading “My alternative lifestyle”
Author Archives: Kari Neumeyer
Felt + Snow = Bad
The chronicles of inappropriate footwear continue. A few years ago, when I was shopping for the waders and boots I need for my job taking pictures while waist deep in rivers, I was under the impression I wanted felt-soled boots, to keep my feet from slipping on wet rocks. I have since recognized that rubberContinue reading “Felt + Snow = Bad”
Wasted time
Last night, my novel-writing teacher described her creative process. “It’s not very efficient, but then, being creative is rarely efficient.” I’m efficient in a great many ways. The journalistic writing that earns my paycheck, generally, is efficient. But other aspects of my life are not. I walked around on a broken sesamoid bone for sixContinue reading “Wasted time”
Romance at the dog park
Leo is being neutered today. I waffled on it a bit, after reading some anti-neutering stuff on The Internet, chiefly that male dogs will look like females if testosterone production is cut off (so to speak). The decision was fairly well made when he seemed to be going through some puberty behaviors, but the clincherContinue reading “Romance at the dog park”
Living in the moment
I’ve been getting strange looks when I confess that I’ve had a puppy for four months and we’re still keeping him separated from the older dog. On Saturday, I got one from the trainer at Leo’s puppy prep school (she has not met Isis, but said she’d like to). My heart was heavy all throughContinue reading “Living in the moment”
My dogs, my babies
It’s often said in a jokey way, “Oh, ha ha, your dogs are like your children,” and yes, that’s pretty much how I feel about them. People sometimes say that dogs are a gateway to having human children, but I have to say at this point that my dogs are enough. I feel so muchContinue reading “My dogs, my babies”
Fashion inertia
It was drawn to my attention recently that journalists don’t know how to dress. Young women sometimes enter the field knowing how to dress, but within five years, they’ve lost their style. I certainly was a lot more stylish when I was a newspaper reporter than I am now. In fact, I was overdressed forContinue reading “Fashion inertia”
Free meat
I think it was my dentist who told me a few years ago that I should get a second dog, because it’s really no different than having one dog. Except for the cost of food. Never mind how untrue that first part has wound up being so far, but oh my gawd, the two dogsContinue reading “Free meat”
Me and Isis, we are the same
I have observed that Isis is like me and Leo is like Rob. I’m not talking about Isis’ amazing athletic ability and jumping/soccer ball catching skills. Or Leo’s diabolical tendency to prefer biting hands, sleeves, ankles and pants over toys designated for that purpose. Isis is very high-strung. Leo is super mellow. I didn’t usedContinue reading “Me and Isis, we are the same”
Autumn approaches
It was determined that the xpen training method was not working for Isis, so we’re now concentrating on the parallel on-leash walk. We had a tough, but ultimately successful session with our trainer Monday, ending with us both thinking, “It will be fun to work with the dogs this way, walking them together.” Then weContinue reading “Autumn approaches”
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