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Adopting and Caring for a Rescue Dog

Adopting and Caring for a Rescue Dog

by Carole Duff | Jun 21, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures | 0 comments

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 volunteers,...
Adopting and caring for a shelter dog

Adopting and caring for a shelter dog

by Carole Duff | Jun 14, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures | 4 comments

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. Born...

Why I watch dog rescue videos with caution

by Carole Duff | Jun 7, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures | 3 comments

“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...
How to Sort in the Third Stage of Life

How to Sort in the Third Stage of Life

by Carole Duff | May 24, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature | 4 comments

The basement in my dream was large, windowless, and poorly lit. I wore a white cable-knit sweater from my teen years. The sweater became increasingly dirty as I sorted through years of detritus.  Psychoanalyst Carl Jung posited that dream houses represent the...
The Atheist and the Bear, an old story

The Atheist and the Bear, an old story

by Carole Duff | May 3, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading | 0 comments

The crucial decision regarding the existence of God Last Friday morning—a delightful sunny day compared to today’s delightful rain—I went upstairs to the loft in order to place some end-of-the-month financial records in the file cabinet. Hearing my footsteps and the...
A little like Tom Sawyer

A little like Tom Sawyer

by Carole Duff | Apr 19, 2021 | Family, Nature, Writing and Reading | 4 comments

“You’ll really like leaf-blowing,” I said to our three sons this past weekend. “There’re lots of leaves to rake and blow out of the meadow and road ditch, so each of you will get a turn.” I grinned, thinking about the famous “fence-painting” scene in Mark...
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