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A few days back I described an encounter with a moose on my front lawn. The query came in as to why there was no picture to accompany the story. It occurred to me that in today’s world, everyone’s cell phone takes pictures so everything is – or can be – instantly documented. Although I can think of more than one time where I would not have wanted instant documentation of what I was doing, I guess I can see where that impulse comes from.

The thing is, I don’t own a cell phone. Don’t want one either. So I

Speaking of athletes, it will soon be Olympic time and I’ll once again sit like an overstuffed potato on my couch watching young people with impossibly perfect bodies doing impossibly difficult tasks gracefully… things I could not have done in my prime no matter how hard I tried because – truth to be told – my sister does NOT have the market on klutz. I think it’s a general family gene which is why our family has never produced one outstanding athlete… though we have apparently produced one outstanding sports announcer back in Philly. 

Pour me another margarita. It’s going

Here’s what I will never understand… the lure of racing dogs 1000 miles in freezing cold weather with no amenities. Don’t get me wrong. I love the race. I love the cold most days. But I rarely get up on a day when its below zero and think this would be the perfect day to run 1000 miles. Usually I just think it would be a great day for a SHORT walk and then a BIG blaze in the fireplace with a warm cocoa.

I guess it takes all kinds.

Long distance mushers have my absolute respect… if only because

Sometime, amidst all the noise and clamor of recessions, lost jobs and rancorous political fighting, we forget what’s really important. We forget those things that get us from here to there, from today to tomorrow. We forget the people and actions that make life happen with some modicum of peace and comfort.

Then something occurs to remind us that amidst the chaos, there is light and love. And it comes to us not from the politicians who claim they will make our lives better. Nor does it come from the personalities whose lives, marital turmoil and relationships fill People Magazine

My respect for my dog Blue grows with each passing day. Having reached an age with her illnesses where too much movement is difficult for her – her back legs don’t work well, her eyes are clouded with cataracts – she calmly surveyed the situation and decided that the best solution was to camp out next to Abdul’s cage where, at any given moment, food might fall from above.

So Blue’s life now consists of lying right next to the cage, periodically lifting her head from her nap to take a sniff at the bottom of the cage next to

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I was at the end of my walk, trudging up my driveway, dogs by my side, totally lost in a daydream in which I marry a very rich man who takes me away from it all… whatever all might be… when I realize my dogs have stopped dead in their tracks and I’m having to drag them. I know it’s not because they don’t want the walk to end. They are happy at the end of the walk because that means their treats are soon to come. So I stop daydreaming long enough to long around at what might be