Tag: dogs
member name: Ruth MacGill
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September 29, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
Just before sundown yesterday, I was surprised by a visit from Nora and Bruce, a couple who used to be my neighbors. They are a generation or two younger than I, but we share a mutual love of animals. . . . more
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November 06, 2007 11:03 AM EST --
Things have not been going well for Sherpa’s family, a large, good-looking and independent couple I have known for about eight years. They have fallen on hard times that have left them virtually . . . more
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September 30, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
Something Was Prowling in the Moonlight Last Night
It’s another day of sunshine, mild temperatures, and gentle breezes at the Indian horse camp where my daughter and I live in the mountains . . . more
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May 10, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
What Are You Going to Do With Your $600?
Mine came in yesterday. I live 60 miles from town and I had waited until it came in to do my monthly shopping. Since the price of gas went sky-high and rising, . . . more
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November 12, 2007 09:25 PM EST --
I just have to tell you this one right now. Jake, the brown coyote that has been hanging around my spot at the horse camp, has figured a sure-fire way to get me to feed him. I don’t know what started . . . more
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July 15, 2007 12:40 AM EDT --
Why Is My Dog Smiling?
Every evening at dusk I call Smokey Joe, my 110 pound black Lab/Collie protector, inside to eat his supper and sleep on the soft dog-bed I spread down at night for him. . . . more
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February 10, 2008 01:24 AM EST --
I'm laughing, but it really isn't funny. After about six hours of dosing her dog Bob on tranquilizers, my daughter remembered someone's story about getting his dog drunk to . . . more
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August 28, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Eclipse of the Moon Over the Oak Trees
It’s 2:10 A.M. and there must be coyotes out there in the moonlight because Jane’s dogs just woke me up with a frenzy of barking. From my bed . . . more
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October 21, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
Horse Campers
On this sunny and very windy weekend there is a group of people camped at #40, under a huge old oak tree at the far end of the camp. That site is popular because it is very private . . . more
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November 22, 2007 11:38 AM EST --
My Holiday Blues Aren’t Working!
Each year I seem to dread the Christmas holidays more and more. It starts on Thanksgiving and today I am all prepared to hunker down with moody blues, and go . . . more
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February 05, 2008 09:09 AM EST --
So Far So Good
More than a month ago my kind-hearted senior-aged daughter was told she had to get rid of her four mixed-breed pit bulls, or move away from this beautiful horse camp on an Indian reservation . . . more
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February 14, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
OK I'm Wrong - It is NOT Spring!
That cheery article I wrote yesterday about balmy spring weather was just a mite premature. An unexpected low came out of the northeast and the day ended cloudy . . . more
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August 01, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
Summing Up the Day
This is the day, the first of the month, when I always go to town for monthly supplies. It turned out pretty good. I went alone, and on the way in I stopped in Alpine, a halfway . . . more
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February 10, 2007 12:32 PM EST --
Smokey Joe’s Woes
It has been over two weeks since Smokey Joe went walking with my daughter Jane, and Sheba, the pit bull mother of three mixed breed puppies. At about nine months old, . . . more
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September 08, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
Last winter I introduced a gray feral striped cat to you in an article I called Should I Call That Feral Cat Tom or Tomasina. After he decided to trust me and come in the house to live, I found out he . . . more
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December 14, 2006 01:30 AM EST --
Today’s Dog Rescue
There is a local network of dog rescuers within a twenty-mile radius of where I live, and when any of us find out about a dog in need, we keep the wires hot planning . . . more
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January 29, 2007 04:04 PM EST --
Sheba is in the Dog House!
Pit bulls will be pit bulls! I have written about Sheba and her three puppies that my daughter, Jane rescued. A truck had hit Sheba and her right front leg was mangled. . . . more
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June 08, 2007 10:30 AM EDT --
Coyote Laughter
I just heard the craziest coyote song I have ever heard! From inside, I thought I was hearing someone screaming. Then, I thought it might be my daughter screaming “MOM”. . . . more
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January 23, 2008 09:56 AM EST --
Luck? Well, maybe, but in my innermost being I really believe it is more likely an answer to prayers ? my daughter's, mine and those of an unknown number of cyberworld friends. God does work in mysterious . . . more
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March 03, 2008 09:39 AM EST --
Odds and Ends
This has to be fast, because I have to pick up Jane at 8 A.M. for a trip to town (San Diego). I expect I will be gone about as long as I will if I go to the Congress of History event . . . more
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