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As I have grown more adept at my crossword solving skills, I am noticing something about myself. I enjoy the discovery of an unfamiliar term, and I am further tickled with delight when I encounter that same word weeks later. In fact quite often I spot the word numerous times. It’s like when you get →

The dogs are sound asleep, passed out on the sofa and floor. What tired them out? You may be wondering. It was not a long brisk walk or a vigorous romp around the backyard. Nor was it the retrieval of the tennis ball in the newly expanded boundaries on the first floor. These pups are →

The family room is clean. All the plastic green and red crates are back on the shelves. This Christmas season is officially over. In the corner where the decorated tree stood, there is nothing but white cabinets and the beige wall: a clean slate. It seems like it is the way we start each new →

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I am sitting under a fleece blanket on the sofa next to the lit up Christmas tree. It’s a week into the first month of the new year and our artificial Christmas tree remains sparkling with tiny white lights and decorated with an assortment of meaningful ornaments. Almost every other year I have been eager →

Not to toot my own horn, but “toot toot!” Just the other day I got a notification from wordpress that I hit my 200th blog post. It surprised me because I do not keep track of those things until they are brought to my attention. Two hundred different times I have hit the “publish” button. →

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In this new year 2019, I, Koda, and I, Summer, put forth the following resolutions: We will keep our most rambunctious playtime outside of the house, in the backyard, out of the wet muddy areas. We will bark hello to neighbors at the fence no earlier than 8 am. When we are called to the →

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Some New Years Eves I am eager to flip the calendar over to the next page and start the new year. This is not one of those evenings. 2018 has been a year  with many blessings. It’s also been one where time seems to be speeding by and I’d just like it to slow down →