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New Things

Let’s start with the loudest, and the cutest.

I was working at the Macomber late this afternoon, when all of a sudden there at my porch door was someone looking in at me and saying, “Hi! Let me in, please.” After a double-take, I realized I had a visitor.

I opened the door […]

All Duded Up

Every spring I can’t wait to cut Red’s hair. He gets very shaggy over the winter, and then mud season hits and it’s a mess. I think he likes being lighter, too.

Here he is pre-cut.

About an hour later, he looked like this.

Fifteen minutes later he needed a nap – getting […]

Happy Spring!

Today is the first day of spring, the vernal equinox. You couldn’t tell it from our weather of the past few days.

We have had every kind of weather for the past two days. Sunshine, gray skies, light snow, wind, heavy snow with little visibility. Often changing from one to the other within minutes. […]

Unwelcome Guests

On Monday evening I returned from a really terrific visit with some dear friends in West, by God, Virginia. It’s beautiful country, and I had a great time. We pressed cider, visited with friends and family, had two bonfires, watched a meteor shower, took a nice walk, and ate (too much) delicious food.

But then […]

Doggie Dilemma

Last month my very old cat died. Magic was 19, and was, indeed magical. He’d made it through any number of serious health crises, and had a good long life. We were sorry to see him go on a lot of levels.

One of those is that for years he and my dog Red were […]