On our rainy walk this morning, we passed a nice man in the woods, with a plastic grocery sack, opening a can of beer. He said, “German shepherd?” as we passed, and I said, “Yup,” in a real friendly voice, because I didn’t want him to think I was afraid of him or judged himContinue reading “A new friend”
Category Archives: doggies
And a cheater
I’m well ahead of the 10,002 words I need to have written by the end of today to stay on target for NaNoWriMo. But my 6,000-word lead likely is the result of my having cut and pasted blogs written during the past year of dog ownership. I can’t help it. Why try to recreate aContinue reading “And a cheater”
Such a liar
That vow I made to write a novel that’s complete fiction? I can’t do it. Not yet. I’m just writing about my dog, whose alter ego is named “Pisces.” 50,000 words on her will be a piece of cake.
Late night inspiration
You know those brilliant ideas you have in the middle of the night? Or dreams that you want to be sure to remember? Sometimes you lie awake at night telling yourself, “Be sure to remember this tomorrow,” or you even get up to write it down. I woke up at about 2:45 this morning, feelingContinue reading “Late night inspiration”
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Snow White costume represents!
The Accidental Remodel
I bought Isis a new toy on Thursday. Because our house isn’t completely littered with dog toys. It was one of those elongated Bobo Loofa dogs, but it was dressed like a skeleton. As she was enjoying it, I congratulated ourselves for having a dog who knows which objects littering the floors are her toysContinue reading “The Accidental Remodel”
The kind of book I’d like to write
The Dogs of Babel I finished it last night and had tears streaming down my face. I went into the bedroom where Rob was watching the Ultimate Fighter (hey, he has his passions I have mine) and buried my face in Isis’ warm chest, still crying. The main dog doesn’t die, or anything, but I feltContinue reading “The kind of book I’d like to write”
And the stars realign
We saw a deer on our walk this morning. And a bunny rabbit. Not a single vicious unleashed canine. I think Isis and I sensed the deer at the same moment. My first instinct when I saw the movement on the trail ahead was, “Oh crap, a dog without an owner.” And then it turnedContinue reading “And the stars realign”
Let’s just call it a bad day
I’m feeling rather frustrated and useless today. Could be because the day started with our being attacked by a dog. (Read about that here.) Or because a site visit went awry when I arrived and there was no one there but a boxer (the canine kind). That part wasn’t actually so bad, because it amusedContinue reading “Let’s just call it a bad day”
Kari Neumeyer 