Monday 19 October. After having spent a wonderful week together, it was time for Juli and Magpie to go. Tiamo and I waved until we couldn’t see their car anymore.…
Author: <span>Maura</span>
After having read Meet: Tiamo, my friend Walter Ruston wrote: Maura, that’s a great journal of not only a dynamic dog but also the network of kindness, beginning with your amazing…
Part One She is scruffy and adorable. Plucky and resilient. Smart and resourceful. When she runs, she does so with unfettered joy. It’s as if she thinks she’s Super Dog:…
by Ben Giamo 1. Follows September and precedes November. Tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The eighth month in Romulus’ Roman reckoning. From octo, Latin…
I have probably used the phrase “heavy heart” many times in my life, and each time with sincerity. But it was not until this morning that I truly understood what…
It isn’t often that I wish I was less sensitive but yesterday was one of those days. Yesterday, I was blindsided by a stranger who singled me out as the…
She said I was negative and I hooted with happiness. For someone who’s been characterized as Pathologically Positive, that’s really saying something. But when it comes to Covid-19, being told You’re…
Every time the gong of empathy is sounded, that measure of kindness will reverberate endlessly along the wavelengths of our universe. This is a true story that encompasses the whole…
by guest contributor David Parrish Tragedy, the type we are currently experiencing, while absolutely awful, deeply concerning, and in many ways catastrophic, has another side to its coin. In these…
In my life, I’ve had many wonderful Christmases. I’ve also had a whole lotta really rotten Christmases. There was only one that was both. It was Christmas 1975. Sixteen weeks…