My Dog is Chelsea

It’s a lovely fall day here in Portland, one of those days too beautiful not to spend outside. So I load up Calla and my friend’s dog, River, into the car and drive them over to the huge off-leash dog park in St. Johns, where they’ll be in heaven and I’ll be basking in the [...]

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I love September—the fresh fruits and veggies are out of this world. A couple of weeks ago I harvested these delicious beauties:

Calla is a watermelon connoisseur. So she was very interested in mine:

But she needed a closer look:

“Smells good to me — crunch.”

Thief!!

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So by now it has become abundantly clear that my initiative to blog twice a week during lunch has fallen flat on its pudgy face. Why, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you:
I’m buying a house!
The problem is: which house? And as anyone who dreams of real estate can tell you, this is less of a [...]

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So let me tell you what’s not fun:
Hiking into the beautiful wilderness, carrying a 40-lb pack, only to develop a fever, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea upon arriving at your destination (a serene mountain lake). Waking up throughout the night in alternating fits of uncontrollable shivers and puddles of sweat. Needing to use the non-existent facilities [...]

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