I walked out my front door at least 20 times today and went absolutely nowhere. Daisy’s separation anxiety has basically trapped me at home while I figure out which method and combination of training works best for her. It isn’t just about correcting the problem that she barks like a broken record when I leave [...]

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I heard the song Fireflies yesterday while driving up the PCH. My friend Scott back in Virginia sent me the YouTube video several months ago, but this was the first time I’d heard it played on the radio. It’s just one of the darned cutest songs to come along, and there’s nothing like good music [...]

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MarkCarlos is my latest thrift store find. At $50, he was such a bargain that I couldn’t pass him up. Short on space in a studio apartment, but with plenty of overhead real estate, I knew MarkCarlos would fit well in a 13 x 13 living area. The shelves and drawers ~ and even a [...]

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Daisy is a barker. Fine in our old neighborhood, not so cool in the close quarters of this Los Angeles sprawl. Now that I’ve moved into a building with 19 other apartments on two floors, it’s become the problem of the day. Talk about shaking up that status quo.
We’ve lived here for almost a week [...]

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The dogs and I arrived in LA in one piece (or three separate but intact pieces) on the evening of January 5th. After 10 days on the road and more potty stops than I can count ~ not all of them for the dogs ~ our entrance into the city could have easily come straight [...]

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I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I spend an hour or so writing up two lists: one recording all the accomplishments and personal goals that were reached in the passing year, and one that’s more of a stream of consciousness brain-belch of things I’d like to do, be or become throughout the evolving new [...]

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Days 6 through 10, December 31 to January 4
Grand Junction, Colorado to Mesquite, Utah.
It’s 2010. Happy New Year! I landed in Grand Junction, Colorado on the afternoon of December 31st, and spent the next four days with Lee Lee and kids. I even got to see Debra and her daughter, Jessica,  before they headed back [...]

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