by Trish Swain | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog
It comes in clusters. Systems you always depended on break down, usually all at once. Some weeks, even months are like that. Keep your perspective and remember it’s all cyclical. Who knows if you’ll be around to see the next cycle? Do you want to be? 17...
by Trish Swain | Aug 4, 2019 | Blog
The featured photo is Sue Ellen, resident at Fauna Foundation, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Staff says she is partial to scarves and necklaces. She’s an older girl: born in 1967. She is the only chimpanzee we got to see at a recent visit to the Foundation....
by Trish Swain | Jul 20, 2019 | Walks with Dogs
She has two Labradors: Odie plump, chunky,80 pounds, so blond he’s almost white, and Phoenix who is female and chocolate. Odie is passively aggressive, lunking along at his own pace, balking the more she nags him to get going. If I pet him, he jumps all over me,...
by Trish Swain | Jul 20, 2019 | Walks with Dogs
10-6-06 Friday ClowdyAt first I thought the dark shadow was a tree on the hill. But it kept me guessing and drawing closer. The mind takes a while to catch up to the eyes. As Roger, Sadie & I drew closer on the Foothill Path, it was clear; I wasn’t...
by Trish Swain | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog
Visit Project Coyote for perspective and facts about America’s Song Dog. No, he won’t eat your children. More likely, he or she will play with your big happy goofball Golden/Shepherd. In my experiences, the female is the player and Coyote Dad is the sober...
