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Remembering Libby

Libby was a working livestock guardian dog, but in September 2009, it was her Dad she saved.

Summer Solstice in Seward, Alaska, was bittersweet this year, as usual. As midnight approached and I could still clearly see the beauty and vast magnitude of Resurrection Bay and the still snow-dappled peaks of the Kenai mountain range beyond, I felt both blessed and depressed. Mt. Alice, the photogenic peak featured in so many ofContinue reading “I’m Not Sorry”

The Mom’s Side of Things

I think Rhonda left out a few key details in her “story”, so I’ll start a week or so earlier and perhaps fill in a few gaps. A couple of days prior to Father’s Day, as I was wrapping up the silly Father’s Day t-shirt I’d bought Jerry as a gag gift, the local newsContinue reading “The Mom’s Side of Things”

A Day in the Life

My brother, Baxter, woke me up at 4:15 this morning by walking on top of me to get to where the Mom was sleeping. I sleep under all the covers with the Mom ‘cause I sleep happiest when I’m touching her. Baxter prefers to sleep under just his one special little soft blanket up onContinue reading “A Day in the Life”