Abbey joins the Avondale family

| October 26, 2010

Today I find myself in the Veggie Patch writing this post. Spending quality time with 2 dogs. Yes, TWO dogs. Abbey’s arrived at Avondale and, while already far less anxious than she was on arrival 4 days ago, she’s still very uncertain of humans, including us gentle Avondalians. Should her new-found pack-mate, Chelsea, not be right [...]

Apologies to Mr Balcombe

| October 13, 2010

Apologies to Jonathan Balcombe – I started reading Second Nature yesterday, raced through the first half but, like Pleasurable Kingdom, will probably not finish it. It’s not that I don’t enjoy your books Mr Balcombe (you can rest assured I’ll buy your next one), it’s just that, how do I say this without sounding disrespectful? [...]

Beautiful day for a burial

| October 3, 2010

Today’s been a beautiful day.  There’ve been more tears than there were raindrops that caused the recent almost-flood, but there’s also been calmness and a gentle joy. Plato was as large and courageous and guiding in dying as he was in living, and right now, in the words of a close friend, he has “flights [...]

Plato (Part …)

| October 2, 2010

This is the sort of post you hope to read, not to write. You want to read it, shed a tear (or a cascade of them) as you feel the sadness, post a comment of support and silently sigh some relief that it’s not you writing it … yet. Today it is my turn to [...]