My Dog is Chelsea

Ah, the joys of dog ownership. I received the following email this afternoon, from a friend who comes by to walk Calla every day: Calla was a bit of a bad girl today…..When I arrived to walk her there was evidence of a hurricane that came through the kitchen…..she managed to get the freezer door [...]

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Hello. Here are some items to help you procrastinate: 1) First and foremost, the most exciting YouTube video in the history of YouTube videos, starring MDIC’s very own dog Calla and Calla’s best friend, Hanu: Hanu does, in fact, catch his treat—it just doesn’t look like it because he immediately begins scouring the floor for [...]

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Why is it that bad parents who ignore their children are allowed to bring them to restaurants, but a well-behaved pup can’t sit at my feet while I eat? I’ve never understood that. Anyway, yesterday I was eating brunch with some friends on the dog-friendly patio of our favorite coffeehouse while Calla quitely snoozed underneath [...]

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Took two days off in the middle of a short work week (tactical error: should’ve taken the whole thing off) to go backpacking in Goat Rocks Wilderness (in the Wenatchee National Forest) with a couple of friends. It was perfect: a leisurely 7-mile hike with excellent company to a beautiful basin, where we pitched our [...]

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If you’ve been reading this website for the last few months (and you probably haven’t, if my stat counter is accurate), you know about my tendency to adopt mantras. Previous mantras include like water off a duck’s back (words that helped me survive the bureaucracy of the federal government) and everyday is an adventure (or, [...]

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