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Waaargh

Is it me, or is November just not a creative month? I’m finding it next to excruciating to sit down and make up a fictional scene. If that’s redundant, it’s because I’m trying to cough up 50,000 words by the end of the month, and that goes against my journalistic training to use as fewContinue reading “Waaargh”

Not neighborly

I’ve really had it with the jerk dog owners who share our trail who don’t keep their dogs leashed! Today, one woman politely grabbed hers by the collar, when she saw me try to put Isis in a sit. As she walked by, she said there was another little dog up the way. When IContinue reading “Not neighborly”

Inside a dog it’s too dark to read

I’m taking Isis to remedial obedience classes. She “failed” her pre-test, and rather than risk failing the real test, we’re going to weekly “tune-up” classes, where we actually get to practice around other dogs. Our obedience school doesn’t encourage dog-on-dog interaction at the basic level, which makes sense to me. It would take too longContinue reading “Inside a dog it’s too dark to read”