Both dreams were very lucid and came to me in the morning.  I have been sleeping in to shake a cold, so maybe that contributed to the clarity.

Dream 1
Thursday morning I dreamed that I was under threat.  Two guys were around me asking me questions in a threatening way.  Not Dick Cheney type torturers, but kind of gang bangers.  I wasn't going to ( Read more... )

García Márquez has a great story called Los funerales de la mamá grande" about the passing of the grande dame of a rural Colombian village. Long and florid, it catalogs the dignitaries who visit, right up to the Pope ( Read more... )

This is not the easiest time here ( Read more... )

I got some good feedback here about my pet care dilemma. I hadn't thought of things like aspirin, which in fact was one inexpensive remedy the vet said could be tried ( Read more... )

My dog has arthritis, so would you if you were 13 1/2 (wait, that didn't come out right). When I arrived from Boston, she seemed near death, and very hobbled. I took her to the vet who ran a battery of tests and changed her medication from Rimadyl to Deramax. That's a change from $30 a month to $85 a month ( Read more... )

It's been a heavy week of snow. Here are a few pictures from around here (starring my dog, Woby).

( Cold paws! )