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    Cry A Little

    … on a grey morning in Maine, but…

    I woke up this morning, to a grey day in Maine. Blaze and I are here with some folks who are inspecting the black... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, maine, September 11

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    Cry A Little

    … fulfilling a few requests, joy angels

    Monty, our grand old Bernese Mountain Dog (and a widely acknowledged good boy), died six months ago. And, in the early morning hours of... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, yellow lab, pet loss, bernese mountain dog, poem

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    Cry A Little

    … on superheroes

    There’s a dog in my town. A good and silly boy. He belongs to a dear friend of mine. As a matter of fact, he... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, friends

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    Cry A Little

    … on dads’ day

    When I was about 8 years old… I could have been 9 or 10… I don’t remember much about those times in my life,... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, childhood memories

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    Laugh A Little

    … on talent and talents and ‘talents’ (oh my)

    I worked my way through college. I had a full-time job with tuition reimbursement benefits.  Each day, I would get to work at 7:30 in... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, college graduation

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    Cry A Little

    … on monty’s rainbow

    It’s hard, sometimes, to believe that Monty has been gone for two months. It’s a few days more than that, actually. When he was... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, german shepherd, pet loss, bernese mountain dog

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    Cry A Little

    … on mattering humans

    Some people just matter. And they don’t just matter once or twice, or in the past or you are sure they will sometime in... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, humor, college graduation, track and field

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    Cry A Little

    … on trying to be all graphic design-y

    Many people asked permission to share the poem, Joy Angels,  with family or friends who were losing, or had recently lost, a special dog... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, pet loss, bernese mountain dog, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on missing them, and missing farts

    Hi! I’m so glad we’re here together. It means a ton. Grief, for me, is a little like exercise. There’s the feeling of impending... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, german shepherd, pet loss, bernese mountain dog, humor

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    Cry A Little

    … on saying goodbye to a good, good boy

    Yesterday, something changed in our big, old dog. No matter what we did, he was not comfortable. Medications were less effective for less and... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, pet loss, bernese mountain dog

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    Cry A Little

    … on getting ready for the train

    People get ready There’s a train comin’ You don’t need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, pet loss, bernese mountain dog

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    Cry A Little

    … on freakin’ rainbows and T

    Do you remember when I told you the story of T and Marshal? Seriously, no? C’mon, it was late last summer and I wrote... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, pet loss, comedy

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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