Finding extra time in our lives these days is difficult on a good day. What with John’s job, my work (and the extra stress of the upcoming show and Christmas season), Katherine, three dogs, two tanks full of fish and a half an acre of weeds, not to mention family and household stuff, time is…
Category: dogs
Run free, Pat
Yesterday morning, Pat Cowan passed away. I knew her only tangentially, as we regularly met her while dog walking at one time and later knew of her work with greyhounds. I knew little of her political life and nothing of her teaching career. I knew her through her dogs. They say you can tell a…
Out and about
The weather has been halfways decent lately (it only rains about 40% of the time), so Katherine and I have been able to meander about Torbay and explore a bit. We walked down to a place called "The Meadows" the other day for an amble. Took Wikket along, at Katherine's insistence. She really likes walking…
The Dogs to Whom We Have Gone
I rarely actually mention the dogs these days, mostly because they're not a problem. Amazing how much more creative we can be when writing about things that are a nuisance or drive us crazy than about those facets of our life which hum along quietly. When I started this blog, we had four dogs. Since…
Spring, sprung, sprang, sproing!
According to the sun, it’s spring. There’s a CBC story all about the vernal equinox, how this has been an unusually warm winter and, most depressingly, how most people won’t notice the arrival of spring in Canada because nothing has really changed weather-wise. Very enthusiastic and positive people, climatologists. I, however, have found proof positive…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 