Tag: dogs
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
No matter how I tried, I kept coming back to our faithful four-legged companions, a fixture in our memories and photos when I look back on hikes, time at the cabin, holidays and just daily life in general. My cats and dogs are integral to my memories of growing up, just as they are now…
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The Allure of Minnesota’s Cabin Culture
What is it about going to “the cabin”? So many residents of Minnesota already live in rustic, nature-filled settings, yet are eager to pack up the car and head out to “the cabin.” If it is not their own cabin, or their family’s cabin, then it is their friend’s or neighbor’s cabin. In Minnesota, it…
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The Lonesome Leash
Will you indulge me in just one more post about Kruger, the dear family member we lost this week? A few months after we welcomed Kruger to our household last year, I began following the journey of another senior fellow by the name of Will. Just a year ago, Will joined Tom Ryan and his…
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Not all Tears are an Evil
“Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King Sadly, we said our final goodbyes to dear old Kruger today. …
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Preparing for the Rainbow Bridge
I heard the tell-tale “thump, thump, thump” and went downstairs to find our oldest black lab sprawled out at the bottom of the carpeted steps. I helped him up, and with assistance he made it upstairs to his favorite daytime napping spot. Kruger was diagnosed with lymphoma a couple of weeks ago. He is on…
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