It had been a long, exhausting day and as I packed up the meeting room at the Hilton my mind had entered its blank, “the-day-is-over” mode. As I left the hotel I was grateful the weekend’s meeting had been local so I did not have to deal with heading to the airport.
Every other year I get a really bad case of bronchitis and this year was no exception to that pattern. Now I am not generally inclined to be philosophical when I’m sick, especially with a 101 degree fever and a cough that is rattling the rafters, but there was one brief moment when I wished
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When we were kids my mom would make a huge pot of spaghetti and meatballs every Sunday and the whole family, often bringing assorted friends, would come for dinner. After dinner Ma washed dishes for hours; she always said she found it relaxing to wash dishes and resisted getting a dishwasher for years.
My partner and I always take our vacation in late October because the weather is cool, resorts are vacant, prices are cheap and since most children are either in school or rehab there are virtually no kids around.
In our household our big dog Ali, 70 pounds of pure muscle, will turn up her nose and walk away if we try to feed her any type of commercial dog food; once, in a war of wills in which I was clearly outmatched, she did not eat for two and a half days until,
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I assume the iguana crawled onto the back porch through the hole in the screen door but I was still surprised since, thanks to my big dog Ali, we rarely see iguanas in the back yard and they never ever venture onto the screened back porch that is patrolled by our two cats.
Haley is the world’s sweetest feline, but she hates having her belly rubbed. This is unfortunate because she is a hefty gal, and furry, and since she sleeps on her back on the dining room table that big furry belly is too tempting a target for many people to ignore. We try to warn people
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After almost 5 years in our current home I have never had any contact with Jonas and Stella, who live down the street. After we moved in I would wave if I drove by and saw either of them in their driveway, but after being snubbed multiple times I gave up. Other neighbors have told
My big dog Ali clearly thinks she is a Jack Russell terrier, but unlike my neighbor’s 15 pound pooch, Ali is 70 pounds of pure energy mounted on hind legs that would make a kangaroo proud. When I come home from work Ali runs to me, jumps up and puts her paws on my shoulders,
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The dog woke me up at 7:00 on Saturday morning; it was a bit early, but I needed to get up anyway because the cable company promised that they would be there sometime between 8 AM and the end of time. Half asleep, I stumbled blindly to the back door and let Ali out. A
