Adopting and Caring for a Foster Dog
Adopting a foster dog Last year, Keith and I adopted a foster dog who’d been rescued then cared for at our local shelter and fostered at a local day camp, training, and boarding facility. We named him Cato. When we first brought Cato home, he pulled on his leash...
Adopting and Caring for a Rescue Dog
Adopting a rescue dog Keith and I talked about adopting another shelter dog—a rescue dog as it turned out, a buddy for Heathcliff to play with once we retired to Vanaprastha. So, when that happened in 2012, we’d already picked up a flyer from Almost Home...
Adopting and caring for a shelter dog
In the fall of 2008, Keith and I walked into the Alexandria Shelter and fell in love with the biggest dog in the shelter. Correction, I fell in love with My First Dog, a 75-pound, sweet-tempered, all tongue and tail, 8-month-old black lab mix....
Why I watch dog rescue videos with caution
“Aw, Keith, come look. Dog rescue videos like this are so cute! See the mama with her puppies?” Keith wandered over to my desk and looked over my shoulder at the video playing on my laptop. I was taking a break from writing; apparently he was, too. Unlike in this...
Finding love later in life – a bonus post
Keith and Carole, December 2003 Finding love in our fifties June is a month of anniversaries for Keith and me. For instance, June 1st is the anniversary of my mother’s birthday and my ex-husband’s death. But today’s bonus post is about wedding anniversaries. The...
A Memorial Day Tribute to Big Ed Kenny
Last year, I wrote about the Memorial Day tribute at Trinity Lutheran Church, our congregation’s original home church in Crimora. Five years ago, I wrote about my father’s service in WWII, and a little about my father-in-law, Colonel Edward W. Kenny. A fighter...