Love is a game of tag

  Yesterday, unexpectedly, I had to put Nelson down. He’d been sick for a while with an uncommon autoimmune disease. Sunday, he was chasing me around the house trying to eat the tortilla chips off my plate, in his normal, annoying way. Monday as I left for...

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Chaos…

We are busy making our lists and checking them twice. Literally. There are so many lists this time of year. My current lunch-break list includes “find Christmas jammies, get priority boxes from post office, pick up more rice, buy flowers.” It is a chaotic,...

Happy birthday WNM!

Willie Nelson Mandela celebrates his four year adoption this week, and therefore his sixth birthday. He continues his reign as the best dog ever:   Even his namesake agrees. Happy birthday, buddy! Here is to the next great six years of adventures together....

Nelson in Hats

Because sometimes it is the little things that make me crack up:   The last two are to prove it isn’t all torture. He occasionally gets walks and belly rubs too. ~K