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FAMILY PETS NURTURE LONG MARRIED COUPLES

September 8, 2025 by

“Family pets are for kids to learn about caring for animals.” That makes sense to me. Feed the fish, walk the dog, pet the cat. Then everyone grows up and moves on. That’s when I had ‘the conversation’ about a new dog.

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TOP DOG? OR LAST DOG

June 18, 2025 by

Every dog I’ve had in my married life has been the top dog, starting with Lucky. We were talking about it when the kids were small. One of my wife’s friends heard about the talking and called to say she had one for us. The perfect dog.

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CHANGING TIMES, LIKE LAST TIME

April 29, 2025 by

Changing times can break you. “You can only pull out of the times what the times will give you. “You create out of your experience. “If your experiences are the same as the guys’ next door and he ain’t doin’ nothin’, then you aren’t going to be doing much either.” Bob Dylan

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EMPOWERING PEOPLE DONE RIGHT

June 30, 2024 by

Empowering people sounds easy, like plug and play. But people who feel empowered know how easy. It’s a combination of nature, nurture, environment, and education to get it right. Then there’s the people being empowered. Do you remember when you first felt it?

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FAMILY TIME ON THE SNEAK

March 25, 2024 by

If family time is a priority for you why not mix it up? Instead of the same ol’ same ol’,  do new things. Like what? Like sharing time, unplanned time. For example:

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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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NURTURING YEARS, OR CHECKING OUT

August 23, 2022 by

Nurturing years change over time. From the duties of planting and raising nasturtiums in third grade, to raising kids in your thirties, the stakes rise. Then everyone grows up and no longer need nurturing? No, that’s not how it works.

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