"...for love is strong as death..." Song of Solomon 8:6 When I was young, I lived in a garden. There was technically a house in that garden, but I wasn't in it very much other than to eat a few bites or to sleep in a glass-walled sun porch that looked out on -- you… Continue reading A dog for every season
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Appalachian porch dog
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read." Groucho Marx Sometimes you just have to wonder. Two days after we brought our beloved Miles home from the animal shelter, he sauntered into the garden, raised his snout and began an elaborate sequence of… Continue reading Appalachian porch dog
Our dog is a bossy boot
A re-post from August 2018. Back to fresh posts by Friday. 🙂 “A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes If… Continue reading Our dog is a bossy boot
A chip-sniffing dog
“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” Mark Twain, American humorist Miles, our Appalachian porch dog, is well fed to say the least. And, well watered. That means little when it comes to the street, however. There, as he does when running off… Continue reading A chip-sniffing dog
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