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    Think A Little

    … on quieting (just in case)

    The Morning After… it’s so quiet. A friend noted, in a comment last night, that this might be due to a certain missing heartbeat.... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, pet loss, grief, a good dog, for the love of a dog

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    Think A Little

    … on a princess’s give-ya day

    Gotcha Day. The anticipation, the excitement, the giddiness… The joy. This is the beginning of a brand new being, for the puppy or rescued... Read More

    Tags: a dog and her boy, old dog, dog love, a good dog, german shepherd

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    Think A Little

    … on (my) canine aspirations

    There she is. Her Royal Highness, The Princess Bunny-Blaze. Daughter of the beloved, much-titled (and sometimes entitled) Brielle ‘The Bunny’ Vom Traumhoff, and granddaughter of the incredible,... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', german shepherd dogs, dog love

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    Think A Little

    … on a decade of service

    Today is HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze’s tenth birthday. I was not there on the day of her birth. But I was there, three... Read More

    Tags: old dog, musings, german shepherd, maine, photography, old dogs, just ponderin', winter in maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dog behavior whac-a-mole

    When we first brought Belle… Side note: The hyphen in Belle-ah is very hard to remember to type each time, and is also wasteful. In addition,... Read More

    Tags: hound, dog training, musings, german shepherd, maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog, second hand dog

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    Think A Little

    … on a day in bed

    On Monday, I went walking in the morning with my friends (What. Yes, I have some of those. Not a lot, just a handful... Read More

    Tags: rescue dog, therapy dogs, nursing, musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, humor, sick day, maine blogger

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    Laugh A Little

    … on stuff that wasn’t in the contract

    So. It has now been nearly two months since Belle-ah’s coronation as the newest Dingle princess, which came about when she was officially welcomed... Read More

    Tags: climbing dogs, english pointer, comedic writing, dog humor, german shepherd, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, rescue dog, rescue transport, dogs in trees

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    Cry A Little

    … on the temporary puppy

    He was… Yeah. Was. Marshal Dillon Dingle was supposed to be a temporary puppy. We were supposed to take him in for a night,... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, death of a dog, grief, just ponderin', marshal dillon dingle, german shepherd dog, pet death

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    Laugh A Little

    … on security training

    First, I want to thank each and every one of you who commented here, or on Facebook, or who messaged me privately with incredible... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, german shepherd, humor, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, german shepherd dog

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    Think A Little

    … on nor’easter panic (or…)

    Last night the snow fell and fell and fell and we woke up to a phenomenal winter wonderland. And it is supposed to snow all... Read More

    Tags: maine in snow, musings, german shepherd, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', maine winter, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, winter in maine, nor'easter quinn, nor'easter

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    Think A Little

    … on maine dogs in maine snow

    HRH the Princess Bunny-Blaze very much enjoys retrieving her tennis ball. So much so that she gets a bit…er… cranky when Marshal attempts to get... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, maine winter, german shepherd dogs, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on a new year’s job offer

    Blaze. Her boy just walked out into a frozen early morning world to head back to school in North Carolina. As he was making... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', southport maine, maine winter, boys and dogs, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, german shepherd dog, new year 2018, musings, german shepherd, Boothbay Register

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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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