Category: animal rescue

The Rain and the Long Ride Home

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(re-run) After spending four nights in a the relatively pollen-free ocean zone, I was ready to come home and face a slew of doctor and tax appointments for me and my sister. I got up to wet pavement and sunny skies.  I showered, packed, and rolled my suitcase out to the gate, along with a… Continue reading The Rain and the Long Ride Home

Daisy’s Bloody Tuesday

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(re-run) Woe is me. I have a weirdo for a rescue dog. I am her third owner. Things go well most days, but then she growls at my bigger dog, who is usually chill with the little goofball. But sometimes the big dog goes off on the little dog growling at her. She pins down… Continue reading Daisy’s Bloody Tuesday

What to Do instead of Going Online

Posted in animal rescue, architecture, beach, books, cookies, dogs, ghosts, going online, ice cream, internet, memoir, neighbors, painting, thrift store, VictorianLeave a comment

(re-run) It’s amazing once a person takes the internet out of the daily equation, just how much she can get done. And how she doesn’t miss it all that much. And how she has time to write about not missing it. As technology goes, I could take it or leave it. I still shop at… Continue reading What to Do instead of Going Online

Highway Dog

Posted in animal rescue, back ache, Carmel, dogs, highway, interstate, Iowa, memoir, Min Pin, neighbors, Orange County, sale, shopping, thrift storeLeave a comment

(re-run) I’m in my little beach town, up the road a bit from Carmel.  At the end of each month, the block of thrift stores in the Barnyard Shopping Center near Carmel Valley put their merchandise at 50% off for a day or two.  Yellow Brick Road was on its second day of sale yesterday,… Continue reading Highway Dog

Daisy Rescue Dog, Let the Fur Fly # 6

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Two steps forward, one step back. Things seem fine, and then the new Jack Russell rescue dog named Daisy attacks the raised-from-a-puppy lab/border-collie/pit bull mix named Pepper. What the fluff? What happened? Things were going so well. The advantage of having a white dog is that you can see every scratch and bite on it.… Continue reading Daisy Rescue Dog, Let the Fur Fly # 6

Daisy Rescue Dog One Year

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(Re-run from 2018) Tomorrow will be Daisy’s adopt-a-versary. That’s right, the day after Christmas!  I had looked at free dogs at the local SPCA, but all that was left were big dogs: pit bulls, overweight standard Dachshunds, and other large mixed breeds. I gave up on the “free dog” idea and came home to look… Continue reading Daisy Rescue Dog One Year

Sheltering in Place at the Beach

Posted in animal rescue, beach, Coronavirus, Covid 19, dogs, editors, ex-boyfriend, ex-husband, girl friends, grocery store, Iditarod, memoir, social distancingLeave a comment

(re-run from 2020) I just got back from the grocery store. It’s 9:30 a.m.  I saw maybe a total of fifteen people, and that includes workers. I was the youngest shopper in there, and I’m two months away from Medicare.  Everyone had on masks. I wore my gloves and took them off only to open… Continue reading Sheltering in Place at the Beach

Daisy’s Nervous Car Ride

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Every two weeks I load up my dogs and head to Monterey County to check on and use my little beach house.  But a month had gone by since the last time, due to 9 rainstorms that wreaked havoc on Northern California. Last week, it left one of my highways underwater. I finally found a… Continue reading Daisy’s Nervous Car Ride