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Goodbye 2025

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So another trip around the Sun completed. Another year in the can. Every year we unknowingly pass the anniversary of our future death. It’s New Year’s Eve for the rest of the world (I celebrate… 

The penultimate day of 2025

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Here we are, one day from the end of 2025. Time just keeps flying by. It seems to fly even faster the longer I am in this world. This past month seems like a whirlwind.… 

Sick as a dog – again!

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It must be Monday. The worst things to happen to me all week are usually on a Monday. I’d thought I’d gotten away from Mondays. While I was working in IT for several decades, the… 

How to make a dog friend

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This memory came up the other day so I thought I’d set it down in writing. I can get along with almost any dog on the planet. I think there have been only five dogs… 

Merry Christmas 2025

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As the subject line says Merry Christmas, my Hordeling! Or if you don’t celebrate, Happy Holidays! The dogs got a walk this morning as for once it wasn’t freezing outside with no snow or ice… 

Never work with children or animals

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The subject line of this post is attributed to W.C. Fields, famous comedian and actor from the 1940s. Generally it is meant that children and animals can be hard to work with. They don’t take… 

Christmas with ourselves

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Since we moved out of Texas, this is our first year in our new home for the winter. The biggest drawback, aside from the snow and howling winds, is that all our family is back… 

Whamageddon 2025

“Jack Frost roasting on an open fireChestnuts nipping at your nose ….” Yes, my Hordeling, it’s that time of year when Christmas songs are in the air. There’s no getting away from them. There are…