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The Secret Lives of Beagles
I found myself talking at length to our puppy today. Now, I did not grow up a “dog person”–although currently many of my friends fear I will become a crazy old dog lady when my children are grown. It...
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(Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss) Wordless Whispers
Can you capture a kiss, in a photograph or in words? Oh, sure, a wedding kiss is among those which can be preserved on film. The wordless whisper of a kiss can be memorialized on canvas. Auguste...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
It is difficult to believe that Solitario Jorge did not lament his solitude until he was lost, although that may be a Shakespearean artifact of my inclination to anthropomorphism. Do animals grieve the...
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(Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree) The Art of Basking in the Sun
I don’t know if domesticated animals sense they are missing something by virtue of their association with companion humans who persist in retrieving them when they venture too far from home. But could...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside Edition
I know: two spiders in a row? Sometimes you just don’t want to know what’s inside. This applies to Pandora’s Box and beagle puppies’ mouths. It also is said to govern the processes of creating...
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An Olive Sunset
Finally, a haiku writing challenge! Faithful readers are aware of my unfortunate/propensity for haiku/on odd occasions. Haiku, it is been reported (by at least one chipper laboratory rat), is among...
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“Tom Brady.” Hand-printed on the SPCA’s yellow card. Male, tri-color Age: 1 – 1 1/2 Why here? Stray, found in Nottingham NH Responds to name: Yes House trained: semi The penultimate...
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Clapboard and brick homes from the 1700s and 1800s line the streets in my seaport town. Narrow roads radiate from the waterfront and climb uphill like the monture of a folding fan. Atop its arc is a...
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