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Month: February 2023

Somewhat on Getting Old

Posted on February 9, 2023June 7, 2023 by Robin McKinley

To remind me of the full panoply of joy blanketing dog ownership, the day after the seal encounter at the end of a week of digestive indelicacy, we had fireworks.  On the whatsit of February?  WHY??  There aren’t even any particularly exciting saints in February, I don’t think, okay, Brigid, but she’s Irish & I…

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Remind me why I thought I wanted a dog

Posted on February 4, 2023June 7, 2023 by Robin McKinley

Genghis has not been having a good week. Therefore I have not been having a good week. Last Saturday when I was taking my visiting friend* for a fabulous cliffside walk, he decided without warning or explanation to excrete a rushing stream of squish along the narrow clifftop path . . . just in front of a…

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Crankily yours

Posted on February 1, 2023June 7, 2023 by Robin McKinley

Young Beowulf has given me a tappable icon on the task bar at the top of the Word screen so I can get the frell out of the—whatever it is—I think it’s web view? I want DRAFT VIEW. I am old & I like the illusion of a piece of paper, or anyway something more nearly resembling a blank…

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