Category Archives: Visits

The Great Journey~ Pt.4 and End

THIS is Max.  He’s a divin’ fool. He demonstrates his technique. In which figures largely this philosophy: lean until you are committed. Hands out flat –  Look down to make sure the water is still there. Then dunk yourself and … Continue reading

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The Great Journey~ Pt. 3

And then . . . We took a bus.  A happy bus. Transportation.  Which put me in mind of  . . . horses.  I started missing horses.  So we went looking for some. We found this one – part of … Continue reading

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The Great Journey~ Pt. 2

Then, after that: We walked this strange and desolate city.  And in the frame of mind one might expect to have after such an experience, we stumbled into this weird situation.  You would think, what with the warning posted so … Continue reading

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The Great Journey~ Pt. 1

I love recording things here and sharing images.  But sometimes it’s really, really hard to find enough lag time during the actual living part to allow you to step out and write things up.  I’m not even going to try … Continue reading

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Frazz and the mirror eyes~

There are two places where I always end up feeling nervous and small.  One is the airport.  When I was young, my dad worked for TWA, and we’d always fly standby – free to see my grandmother, cousins.  The catch … Continue reading

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Frazz and the Slithering Tails

On Friday, I suggested that Frazz might want to go outside and play.  We have a great yard—trees and rope swings and hills and little forests.  I had visions of myself propped up in a lawn chair with a book, … Continue reading

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Brave Max

  This is Nice Max . . .     champion of dogs who need to go OUT, friend to stuffed animals, the comfort of his mother’s old age. This is Brave and Strong Max.   VERY strong Max. This … Continue reading

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July: not just fireworks

It’s not easy to write about life at the same time you are living it.  What did Wordsworth say?  Poetry is strong emotion as recollected in tranquility?  Yeah.  Tranquility.  A poet who was obviously not a mother.   Because I … Continue reading

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Kind of a Stupid Day

1. Morning: Max slept here last night, but Ginna did not – as she had to pick Kris up at the airport. And G has sessions all day, and Chaz is sick. So I need to be the one who … Continue reading

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Oh, give me a home –

Okay, home from church and dinner, consisting of a GF grilled chicken breast and left-over basically broccoli soup (where did that word come from, broccoli?  Does it sound French to you?  Latin?  Old high German?  And that spelling? Somebody made … Continue reading

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