After death and loss you have to choose which way to go. Or risk spending the rest of your life in darkness. Staying in darkness saps your mental energy. You feel exhausted and heavy. You are angry. Your core … Continue reading
Out of Darkness
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Scout Law
Controlling the course of your life is not easy. So you throw caution to the wind. You open up and let things happen. Because sometimes the best things in life are unplanned. Introducing Scout. An unplanned baby. The result of … Continue reading
Open Heart
The heart is an amazing thing. But not the one that beats endlessly. Hidden inside your chest.I’m talking about the one connected to your soul. The heart that gets tugged in different directions. In the right direction and sometimes in … Continue reading
Joy to the World: Part 1
This is where we left off. Before the disaster.The weather was perfect. The hot smokey air from the summer was long gone. We had finished our Halloween celebrations.We still had our swimming pool out for warm days. We had been … Continue reading
Spooktacular!
We are making things spooky around here. And having plenty of fun at it.We are pups growing strong. We have eyes and ears and legs and mouths with teeth…..that work.We’ve had proper socialization so not much spooks us. Graveyards are … Continue reading
Bestseller’s
Puppies before they go to their forever homes have to have a name. Not blue or yellow or red. That’s why I always have a theme for puppy names. This years theme was egged on by an old-young friend who … Continue reading
The Beauty of Grandmas
We had a rough week last week. No need to go into details only to say we suffered a tragedy. We lost a perfect puppy. Mama Jo could not blog about it because she hurt so bad inside. She says … Continue reading
Male Energy
Some believe one sex of dog is superior over the other sex. This bias usually goes to the female dog. ARRRGGH!! Let’s hear it for male energy. Take Fiona’s litter of 8 males and 2 females. Yes that is right. … Continue reading
Fiona’s Turn
This is the story of Fiona’s birth coming straight from the horse’s mouth.Birth stories are the best stories says Mama Jo. So here I go. Here I am trying to take things in stride like a Golden should. Even when … Continue reading
The Politics of Purebreds
I try to make this a feel good blog but I’ve got to get something off my chest. The political wrangling around purebred puppies makes me want to stick my head in the sand. Even though I am an extrovert. … Continue reading
The Sun Dog Drift 