Tag: dog

  • Recent Medical Encounters

    Recent Medical Encounters

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    Dog vs. javelinas, hormones, and elder care in the richest city in the world

  • We don’t celebrate death days

    We don’t celebrate death days

    In our culture, we celebrate birthdays as a means of honoring life. The days that beings leave their lives, is often remembered by those that love and miss them. Our culture doesn’t easily allow one to celebrate an end of life. To celebrate a life on a death day seems grim and morbid. But what…

  • Dog loss

    Dog loss

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    I buried my dog’s ashes yesterday. Outside next to the succulents, where she had already started a small hole:

  • The Dog Stars

      By Peter Heller I found this book to be extremely moving.  While the story is both grim and bleak, it is also wondrously hopeful and beautifully written. The story is about love, courage, and finding one’s home.  It is written from the main character, Hig’s, perspective in short segments.  While the first part of…