Findyourvoice,findyourjoy

The Winters of the Malamute & Introducing our Dat

As the shovels came out for the first real snow of the season, my mind slipped into North’s last winter. We knew his back legs were weakening but were struck that he needed us to blaze the trail through the foot+ snow. The old guy that use to bound through the snow was stuck. HeContinue reading “The Winters of the Malamute & Introducing our Dat”

Good Yule

I sent very few holiday cards this year. I either get it done around Thanksgiving or it’s a lost cause. When I did, I would sign the whole family’s names. This year, after Zoey’s, I added ‘North’s spirit’. Only the random tumbleweed of malamute hair blows into the room anymore but the holiday brings upContinue reading “Good Yule”

No signs yet

The five month anniversary of North’s dying came and went with a mention and fond remembering. We all experience a varying perception of elapsed time depending on what it was, when it is. This definitely felt more than the words five months evoked. After all, summer had arrived and left, fall was in its windingContinue reading “No signs yet”

Cricket Cat Camping

Most of my neighbors don’t know it, but my unknown vital task of finding nails on our dirt roads has saved them many trips to the tire store. I’d rarely walk North without finding a construction nail somewhere. Without North we do a quick lap around the block but not the long walks he required.Continue reading “Cricket Cat Camping”

He’s not totally gone yet.

3 months now since we lost North. Time is odd. Some things seem like yesterday, this seems much longer than 3 months. The sudden surging emotions have passed. We are settled into the day to day with our bird-brain-eating huntress cat (check the internet, it is actually a thing). Zoey knew it all along withoutContinue reading “He’s not totally gone yet.”

There is No Headhumping in Heaven…whaaat?

North was never an every dog’s dog. We moved passed trying to figure out ‘where we went wrong’. The big guy had some embarrassing and not delightful habits. Many dogs butt sniff but North found crotch sniffing women far more appealing. Age was not a criteria…40, 70 no matter. 😳 Probably most face palming wasContinue reading “There is No Headhumping in Heaven…whaaat?”

Northstar

It’s the gathering of issues.

Pushing Limits

I discovered today one should not operate machinery on a book release celebration day. I didn’t try to so no stitches were needed. However, when putting on boots to walk my dog, I kept putting my shoes back on instead. Head in book-thought, preoccupied…whatever….machinery would have ended badly. I am so very good at overContinue reading “Pushing Limits”

Book Release

I am excited this Book Release day is truly approaching. Although I didn’t cry quite as much as Frodo in LotR, there were some tears, many aaarghs, and ughs, and words I won’t type here. Who gets anywhere important without a few Sam Wise’s by along on the journey. Many had be on belay. WhispersContinue reading “Book Release”

Find your Voice but Never say Never

I keep trying to get my sister in law to write her own blog because hers would be so funny and beautifully raw. Until then, I hope you will keep hanging out with thought-filled, sometimes insightful, journal-ey, me. When I started this blog back in October or so of 2019, I had NO idea IContinue reading “Find your Voice but Never say Never”