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Peg Leg and Prince
* * * COUNTDOWN: 19 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Less than three weeks till Ricky and I hit the road again for Cross-Country Road Trip With Beagle, Part Deux! I’ll tell you, there’s gonna be lots of quality bonding going on between me and my pooch — especially after the time we’ve spent apart thes…
Wordless Wednesday
* * * COUNTDOWN: 22 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
How much is that doggy in the hatchback? (Amagansett, L.I.)
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A Dog Named Beau
* * * COUNTDOWN: 27 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
I once wrote a proposal, including several finished chapters, for a book about raising my three sons and my dog. The feedback I got was overwhelmingly positive — raves, you might say — but when push came to shove, nobody was willing to publish it. …
Walking the Dog Without the Dog: A Fantasy
It’s 11:15 AM — about the time I take Ricky for his walk. I head downstairs from my attic study to look for him in his usual spot — the far corner of the beige couch in the playroom — but before I get there I hear his soothing, distinctive, rhythmic breathing coming from Matt’s bedroom on t…
Ricky’s Resume
[NOTE: I promised, in a post last week (Ricky and Sputnik?) that I’d start working on Ricky’s resume with him. Here’s what we’ve got so far. See what you think . . .]
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: May 8, 2003
Place of Birth: Templeton, MA
Sire: Saranan’s Gentle Ben
Dam: …
Ricky and Sputnik?
Last week a friend from Massachusetts sent me a cartoon, “Soviet Space Dogs — A Tribute to Canine Cosmonauts (by Scott Beale; see a portion of the cartoon at right). I had totally forgotten about that period during the 1950s and ’60s when the Russians used dogs for space flights, to see how it ev…
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