While I thought that a dog, a cat, a ferret, some fish and 10 or 11 hamsters was enough to care for and interact with, my husband, Mark, did not. He wanted a bird. And in particular, a bird that would sit on his shoulder, talk to him now and again and just pal around. He looked high and […]
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For those of you keeping track of the wins and losses lately, my losses (which included one pet hamster, one pet bird, one father and my female dog) greatly outnumbered the wins lately. This weekend, though, was a win. And a big one. See, once upon a time I married a guy with four kids
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Back 13 years ago, my criteria for picking out a pal for our male dog, Dusty, was pretty simple–I wanted a female, bijon friese-lhasa apso mix, and she had to lick me to indicate she licked me. This is the puppy that picked me. Little Dipper and our first puppy, Dusty, got along from the get-go.
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The fact is, I almost didn’t go on the trip I’d planned with my Snowy Hoot-ers pals a few months ago, because the day we were to leave was two days after my dad’s funeral. But Brenda and Sylvia encouraged me to drag my grieving self along and it turns out they–along with a few margaritas
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Alden Lloyd Peterson, herein known as “Pete,” was born on July 22, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Alden William Peterson and Janet Todd Chalmers and was the second of three sons. His brother, Thomas, beat him to this world by 2 years, and his brother, Roy, followed 5 years after Pete.
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Since everyone should probably get at least one hamster in their life, and because I’d never had one of my own, I set about to get a hamster of my very own . . . to add to the ten or so that Mark already had in the house. Her name is Daisy and she
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I’ve seen a few boneheads recently–people walking their dogs in the heat of the day; people walking their dogs on black pavement; people leaving their dogs in the car while they run into the store. So for the boneheads out there, here are some tips for keeping your dogs healthy and happy during the heat
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This posting is about a fishing tournament that included me, Mark and his Georgia nephew, Terry. The great thing is that they didn’t know they had entered my tournament and that I got to make up the rules as we went along. To make sure the tournament started out sort of fairly, we hired fishing guide Doug Samsal on
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Okay, it’s not Thanksgiving–wherein I’m always grateful for family and food–and it’s not Memorial Day or Veteran’s Day–wherein I’m grateful for the members of the US military past and present–and it’s not July 4–wherein I’m grateful for our Forefathers, independence, the right to vote and bear arms and all of our other liberties. But a couple of things happened
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This week my dad started his second round of chemo only to get stopped amid that fun and admitted to the hospital because his kidneys were failing. As of today, his kidneys have rebounded but his heart flutters now and again and doctors say it’s not just because he loves his wife. Meanwhile, Little Buddha, who’d
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