The Beagle...as a family pet

Our Beagle would not win the Westminster Dog Show, like Miss P, but she sure is endearing, like most beagles.  They are small and lovable!  Beagles, like Robin "Rabbit" - chase things, especially the scent of a rabbit, and many end up on the pages of lost and found.  Robin was found 5 winters ago, she still pees in the house when you are not watching her - even after she's just been put out.  They are difficult to house train.  Still, she is lovable.  So beagles get lost and they pee in the house and eat strange things.  Other than that - they are great family pets!

...we have the room for her and the other hounds to run free...and Robin always comes back...no matter how many scents she follows.  But that's because she can be off leash.  Other dogs, not frequently off leash take advantage of their freedom and go in one direction.  I find that the more dogs are off leash the less likely they are to get lost or run away.  But in order to give them that freedom, you need the private space.  (Most public spaces have a leash law.)

Tom Jones & Wilson Pickett - Barefootin'

Channel of Your Peace

Inspiring Quotes on Life and Love

"Over the last few days, I have been able to see my life

 as from a great altitude, 

as a sort of landscape, and 

with a deepening sense of the 

connection 

of all its parts. 

This does not mean I am finished with life.On the contrary, 

I feel intensely alive, and 

I want and hope in the time that remains 

to deepen my friendships, 

to say farewell to those I love, 

to write more, 

to travel if I have the strength, 

to achieve new levels of understanding 

and insight."  Oliver Sacks, NYT editorial, 2/19/2015

"The world will be a poorer place when you've passed from it but richer because you once lived here. Peace and blessings." by Katie commenting on "My Own Life" editorial by Oliver Sacks, NYT, 2/19/2015

Life presents opportunity -

to live, to learn.

The world is ever-changing.

Finding opportunity in a changing world

is an individual matter.

The degree of living and 

learning

we wish to experience or enjoy

lies largely

within ourselves.

-Hiram Rasely

from "It isn't always easy, But always know I care" edited by Susan Polis Schutz

Smokey Boots

Memories of our Smokey Boots.  She lived as long as any horse can...lovely memories remain.

Valentines Day: Etta James

I ventured out on my own...got real lucky to see Etta James in a tiny bar in Atlanta, Georgia  - being at a conference there.  What a find!  I had not heard of her music before that...they gave me a CD...I was the only white girl in the bar...how nice everyone was to me...sitting alone at a table.  The year 1980 something!