. . . the book and my glasses were somewhere on my chest or on the floor, and my sleep was being disturbed by a noise. A familiar noise.
#17 PUPPY - A THIN PLACE
If you’ve read the previous sixteen “Puppy” blogs, you know that Scooter understands at least 23 words. He knows what a command is. He’s done well, this 70% fully grown boy bearing all body parts and a puppy coat. Scooter’s development and training has advanced, swimmingly. But, on the particular day I strive to describe, it was as if a spell of forgetfulness had fallen.
#16 PUPPY — CORRECTION
But, back to our pup’s willingness to bite. People. He shouldn’t. But, he has. Me. This is a mistake and we mean for it to be corrected.
#15 PUPPY REPORT - We All Make Mistakes
Even without his permission, I mean to tell you that Scooter Sublime made a major mistake on April 17th . . .
WRENS AND NUTHATCHES AND TAKING A CHANCE
There’s little you can do. It’s unlikely that you can find spiders and insects enough to feed a brood every 20 minutes. Let nature take its course.”
The Moon's Lesson
I saw it first at 4a.m.
Covid-19 and Curiosity - A Morning's Observation
I don’t think so.
FLU . . . THEN AND NOW
I’m drawn to all this because my mom, Alice, was born in May, 1918, in Bisbee, Arizona and while the infant mortality rate hurled high, while thousands were dying and many more suffered the flu, my mom and her parents, survived.
#13 PUPPY - AN ANIMAL ACCOMMODATED
Now, about Scooter Sublime. This yet growing twenty pound pup my husband privately calls “Frenzy,”
#12 PUPPY "SCOOTER, NO!"
“Scooter! NO! Release! Bad Scooter!” said I, body extended on the floor, hand reaching to retrieve that which is forbidden.
#11 PUPPY "Super-Pup/Super Bowl Half-Time"
it was Monday, February third, when I first approached my computer’s keyboard, meaning to tell the exciting news that Scooter Sublime had “lifted his leg.
It was a good thing, the giving of this hard-to-break-into-chewing-tossing-hiding-in-the-sofa-pillows-toy. Bravo!
Believe/Think
I can think hard about how to train puppy Goldendoodle; I can’t believe hard.
“I believe the pup is getting better about not jumping up on people,” I may say.
“Think about it,” my husband responds.
#8 PUPPY - APPEALING/APPALLING
“Scooter, darling, come out from under the sofa with my sock.”
#7 PUPPY - SCOOTER SUBLIME'S TAIL
Coffee, computer, and a quiet house this pre-dawn Christmas morning . It’s Scooter Sublime time in my mind. I’m tapping thoughts of his tail from the tips of my fingers. I’ve been wondering, is it possible that his tail could be broken? You know, benevolently.
A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT (not suitable for a card)
This isn’t Christmas card suitable, this thought. It’s more like, “Merry Christmas! Let me mess up the traditional message.”
#6 PUPPY — QUANTUM/ENERGY
An unpredictable pulse of energy — a jump from one interaction to another.” Yep, Scooter!