7th
April
2013
Early this morning, I learned that a dog can get rid of a pair of makeshift slippers much faster than I can put them in place. Might be the lack of a well defined heel, or an expertise in “slackfooting”, but when the task was done, I was the one outside picking them up. In the new fallen snow. Telling him that the slippers (actually, tough plastic bags) were for his own good was wasted effort.
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1st
April
2013
This could be a poster for a fish’s room…
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31st
March
2013
If you’ve wet a line (think fishing), at some point you go to draw in, and there’s resistance, and then there isn’t. And usually, you need to find a new hook and srart again. This afternoon, when the dog went into barking overdrive at passersby, I drew in the lead. And found an empty collar at the termination. Not good. Although a search team went out (we had an extra dog to assist), their efforts were fruitless. The dog, of his own accord, had come home to bark at anyone arriving (including the seekers).
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18th
March
2013
Watching the battle of words (not wits) between a prominent federal politician and a prominent provincial politician. Two views of the same thing, supposedly. One believes that natural resources should be used for the good of the people. The other believes that those same natural resources should be used for the good of some people. What a difference one word makes.
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17th
February
2013
At our house, there’s an intonation exam. Simple. Tell the dog to “Go ’round the tree”. Either he does or he doesn’t. Pass/fail. The dog is a born weaver. With enough of a lead, he can find a way to combine three different combinations of shrubbery and linden into something quite beautiful. Painful to undo, but that’s why the exam takes on special importance.
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16th
February
2013
The Nature Of Things is presenting us with the evolving pattern of wildlife incursion in this part of the world. As we learn about the population of coyotes in major cities, I’m struck by one technical aspect: I have everything needed to track them, except for the frequency of the collar transmitter. Forget fox hunts. Let’s go track a coywolf!
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posted in economy, food |
25th
January
2013
I don’t party like I used to, come the weekend. Here, with a Friday night to spend as I wished, I opted for a last minute run to the store to buy tissues and vinegar, followed by my annual purchase of tax return software and a book return at the public library. I now know my online PIN, so I can reserve books from the safety of my home.
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13th
January
2013
When parents go out to buy cookies for their kids, how do they pick the flavour? When I was a kid, exotic meant those round ones with red jam inside. Nowadays, the flavour of the week is more apt to be “Irish cream”. Which one is (or should be) an acquired taste for the four year old in the house? And don’t give me the line that these are adult cookies…
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26th
December
2012
Once the “guy in a swigh brought me stuff” meme passes, the whole Christmas holiday advances to a better level. For us, this is a family occasion. Forget that all the family can’t be here, and continue towards Go (you’ll need that $200 at the sales, tomorrow).
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14th
December
2012
A busy time for the postal people. I guess. Otherwise, I have no explanation for the alarming absence of packages in my mailbox. Stuff that should arrive before a circled date on my calendar, and that hasn’t. Still a week to run, so I’m not going to get frantic about things, but here’s hoping that Monday is a special day.
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