Upstaged by a B1tch  
I get more inquiries here about Mandy than about me...

Mandy seems to be doing better again. We are quite lazy about walking, generally doing business within about 30 feet of the door and then hea...More...

10 comments | 4 kudos | 410 views | posted Feb 16, 2007 at 9:43 AM

Mandy -- Still Among the Living...  
I cling as fiercely to her life as she does.

December 2, 2004, my mother died and two days later my first dog, Isadora. February 8, 2002, my father died. The winter season is death anniversary ...More...

13 comments | 4 kudos | 332 views | posted Feb 11, 2007 at 5:44 AM

Of race and culture...  
Thanks to jentoblues and a couple of others on here for reminding me of some of my own experiences in discovering racial and cultural differences.

I grew up in a small town in Southwest Minn...More...

2 comments | 4 kudos | 277 views | posted Feb 11, 2007 at 4:17 AM

HPV Vaccination -- your tax dollars at work...  
Cervical cancer occurs in about 1 of 21, 000 people in the US. The lifetime risk for a woman in the US is 1 in 117. (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004) It is listed as a rare d...More...

18 comments | 7 kudos | 422 views | posted Feb 6, 2007 at 2:26 PM

This and that...  
Yesterday was seven weeks since the vet recommended euthanasia. I had not felt too well most of the week and walks were pretty short. We did our usual walk around the complex yesterday (Friday) morn...More...

9 comments | 3 kudos | 352 views | posted Feb 4, 2007 at 3:18 AM

Education  
In recent days, I have read blogs from people thrilled to have found a way to learn...of spelling, blogging, taking formal classes...

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My dad bough...More...

11 comments | 5 kudos | 380 views | posted Feb 1, 2007 at 11:33 AM

Giving credit...the rest of the story...(edited)  
I have been reading blogs and discovered that several did not tell the whole story. As of my edit, all except the last have been deleted. I really did like the content of the blogs -- that's partial...More...

20 comments | 12 kudos | 633 views | posted Jan 29, 2007 at 1:14 PM

Another Mandy and Lacy report?  
I woke about -- I don't really know -- 30 minutes? an hour ago? Mandy was at the door. She had two early morning accidents in the past week, so I jumped up and opened the door to let her out into th...More...

9 comments | 2 kudos | 324 views | posted Jan 15, 2007 at 7:15 AM

Wearing Labels - Nonconformity  
Isn't life so much easier when things are in boxes and the boxes are labeled and we do not have to examine the contents to to know that the Wheaties box has cereal and the Barilla has pasta and the Un...More...

17 comments | 11 kudos | 432 views | posted Jan 12, 2007 at 10:50 AM

Hemingway Rum Treatment  
I have been coughing my lungs out all day -- actually most of the week. I am thinking of trying the Hemingway Rum Treatment tonight. Has anyone tried it? If so, what was your experience? Would you...More...

11 comments | 2 kudos | 361 views | posted Jan 11, 2007 at 9:40 PM