It's National Dog Rescue Day - I Hit the Jackpot with Flossie

It's National Dog Rescue Day. I can't say it any better today than I did in my tribute to Flossie on this day last year.

Read it here.





Comments

Post a Comment

I love hearing from readers. Let me know what you think! Please sign your name if you're not already signed into Blogger so I can see who is posting (otherwise it shows up as anonymous).

Most popular posts

A cure for FOMO (or also entitled 48 hours in the company of hooting, cackling and snorting friends*)

Image
At my age, there's not much that can gin up a full blown case of FOMO anymore. But when I recently realized I was the only one of my "DC supper club" girls who didn't happen to be planning to be in the same place over a pretty spring week-end, FOMO kicked in big time.  This supper club started as a crew of Mississippians by birth, college or marriage (that would be me). We formed a supper club in the late 1980s while living in DC as young marrieds. By the mid-90s, we had scattered to new places to start families and grow careers.  But in spite of the distance over the years, we all grew our own unique individual friendships and, at the same time, created a really special group connection that's spanned four decades. Between us, the years have brought 15 children ranging from 24 to 40, 10 weddings, six grandchildren, numerous job changes, group travel, health challenges, football weekends, family upheavals, aging parents, and a years-long text thread t...
Read more

Iceland - some observations and ramblings

Image
 Our June Iceland adventure didn’t disappoint. ... and yes, I definitely look like a tourist coming off an overnight flight ... It delighted. It surprised. It rained. It exploded (geysers did anyway). It charmed. It never saw a sunset. It far exceeded expectations. We explored Iceland with four friends - Neil and Deb McLean and Jim and Frankie McLean -   on a Viking Cruise that left out of Reykjavik and circumnavigated the small island nation of 400,000 inhabitants. We made stops in six diverse ports where we saw gushing geysers, still volcanoes, exquisite natural beauty, magnificent waterfalls, engaging local guides, changing weather and delightful stories. This post includes a few rambling thoughts and fun facts from what I learned and enjoyed between the lines of the history, geography, food, scenery, weather, culture and geological wonders. 1. It’s true what they say… if you don’t like the weather wait 10 minutes. Most days were low 50s with mist/light rain. We did hav...
Read more

Blink Book Reviews are back for summer 2025

Image
If it’s summer, that means it’s time to gear up for summer reading. Remember those summer reading clubs from childhood? In my family, we would go to the Cooper Branch Library to sign up the first day school was out. We’d get a fancy paper brochure where we’d painstakingly keep up with all the books we’d read over the summer. While I don’t really remember the prizes we got, I do remember the deep feeling of satisfaction from knowing I’d met a goal … and enjoyed doing it! My adult version of summer reading the past several years grew from a 2022 commitment to get off the screen and back to books for the summer. My accountability was a series of short book reviews I called “Blink Book Reviews” – so short they could be read in a blink (that means 300-ish or less words). Blink Book Review Rules I have only a few rules for myself. 1 – During the summer, I don’t finish books I’m not enjoying. Thus all the reviews are positive. 2 – I try to mix up genres a bit, but you’ll find a l...
Read more