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SUIT CASE AND GUITAR?

October 5, 2023 by

“On a tour of one night stands, my suitcase and guitar in hand.” With my biggest fan.

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POWER TRIP PACKING GOLD

October 3, 2023 by

A power trip needs a goal. It also needs a good packer. This could be two weeks or two years. But why go at all?

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TRAVEL COMPANIONS PAST & FUTURE

September 29, 2023 by

Travel companions come in two varieties: Two legged and four legged. The two feet in the top pic belong to my best road-tripper. Wife travel keeps everything in order, like checking in at the airport. But what if you skip the flying?

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HOME COOKING FOR WARM HEARTS

September 18, 2023 by

“Home cooking is best when . . .” Fill in the blank. Whatever you come up with is fine, but yesterday my group was amazing for many reasons. First:

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EXTRA DOG TIME? SET THE CLOCK

September 5, 2023 by

Extra dog time happens after you’ve had your last dog? Or your first dog? You could call any time spent with dogs extra time because they do something to the minutes and hours. I think it has something to do with 7 to 1 year ration, that a dog ages seven years to our one. […]

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PERSUASIVE POWER OF WORDS NOT SPOKEN

August 13, 2023 by

My persuasive power, if any, comes with words attached. It comes with observation that hopefully morphs into helpful insights. Or, when I swing and miss it’s just another load of ‘look at me’ like my blogging brethren. Let’s take a look together, shall we?

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FART AROUND LIKE KURT VONNEGUT, IT’S GOOD FOR YOU

August 4, 2023 by

Fart around like you mean it: Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope: “Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. “You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?“ And so I pretend not to hear her.

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LIFE CHALLENGES? LET DOGS DECIDE

March 5, 2023 by

We wake up to life challenges every day and ignore them. Why? Because we wake up like we always wake up. Waking up is not the challenge. We can disagree, but you know I’m right.

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WHAT A DOG HISTORY TIMELINE TELLS

March 2, 2023 by

Dog history means one thing: time is passing and it’s not slowing down. The cute puppy, so cute it hurts, is a running clock. Theirs and yours. And it all works together. How?

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CALM SURRENDER LIFESTYLE, AND DOG TRAINING

January 25, 2023 by

The first I’d heard of ‘calm surrender’ came from a chemo clinic nurse. I asked her what someone like me was supposed to do during cancer treatment. She said surrender calmly. I told her Gillaspie isn’t a French name. Nurse Michel was not amused, but she was right.

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