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    Cry A Little

    … on always wanting more time

    We’re not sure what happened, actually. Fred was fine. And then he wasn’t. On Monday we were playing with his favorite tug toy and... Read More

    Tags: labrador retriever, yellow lab, pet loss, dog end of life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a low-down, underhanded, sneaky theft

    In 2002, while Granny and Grampa (the Old Yankee Man) were in Florida, Grampa’s dog died. Sunny was a ‘pound dog’. A collie/shepherd/who-knows-what-else mix.... Read More

    Tags: musings, yellow lab, old yankee man

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a sheepish husband and blind fred

    Last night, the Nearly Perfect Husband came huffing and puffing into the Living Room. He was snow-covered and holding a shovel in his hand.... Read More

    Tags: labrador retriever, yellow lab, comedy, humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on shepherd philosophy

    After the recent storm, I was watching the ShepHerds play. It was so quiet, as they leapt and turned and harumphed through the snow. And... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, joy, Dunstable, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on when they get it right (ish)

    This morning when we woke up, there was snow. Kind of a lot of snow. We had been hearing that it was coming. And... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, labrador retriever, yellow lab, comedy, humor, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on being a blind dog, fred style

    We have long known that Fred’s vision is suspect, at best. Though he insisted, time and again, that there really was a tree frog, stuck... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, labrador retriever, yellow lab, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on happy birthday but no sleeping late

    So today is my happy birthday that didn’t start out very happy because it began with a noise. In my bathroom. And I, as... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, german shepherd, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a dog’s dream job

    A while ago, I noticed that Marshal Dillon Dingle was showing an increased interest in alcohol. So I called him over for a little... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, halloween, musings, comedic writing, german shepherd

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    Laugh A Little

    … on new family additions

    This past weekend I went to a really cool place (The author, Jon Katz and his wife, artist Maria Wulf, hosted an open house... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, german shepherd, labrador retriever, comedy, humor, dogs, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on holding out for a hero

    Prologue: This. Is our patio. This patio has been here, at the Disposable Shack, every day… since we moved in… in 2004. That’s ten years... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, yellow lab, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on perspectives in gangland

    Having multiple dogs is an interesting proposition for anyone. I have heard people say that any more than two dogs is a ‘pack’ (I... Read More

    Tags: comedy, musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, maine

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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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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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