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Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides.
Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction.
Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
#3GoodThings for tonight.
1-Voelker 😍
2-Ajo 😍
3-They get along!
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
Friday night. Too much trouble sleeping, so it seems like a good time to share pics of the thriving Impatiens. I've never before tried to keep some alive over the winter, but this might be the year I give it a try. 🤨 Maybe these can count as #3GoodThings. Only 2 pots, but lots more than 3 blooms.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
If only I could give each of you the same Life Satisfaction as this dude gets from about six miles of hard running and a slobbery ball. Let's hear it for simple pleasures. 🙄 😂 Happy Wednesday, all!
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
From a friend who lives near my property in #Arizona, a dangerous, destructive, incoming #DustStorm, in local terms, a haboob. They desperately need RAIN, not more dust. Wish I could share the massive amounts of rain here with them. 😔
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
The days are shortening quickly now--at least that's true up here above the 45th parallel. Morning walks can now include #sunrise. Happy Wednesday to all!
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
I'm sorry... kind of. This is so bad it's good, and it made me laugh for real. In honor of #Caturday.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
It busts my brain that this is not standard everywhere. But I guess I should know better. 😬 🤦♀️
"New Hampshire is the first state to legally require doctors and medical staff to follow a patient's desires to seek sterilization...."
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
My #3GoodThings for tonight.
1: He's mine
2: He's healthy & agile at 9 yrs
3: Those eyes....!
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
Tonight instead of #3GoodThings, I give you several hundred good things: the stand of my mom's "tiger lillies" that has thrived in this spot since I was a little girl.
#BloomScrolling
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
My mom's peonies have been blooming. The stand of them has been in the same spot since I was a little girl. Two summers, now, since she left us, and these beauties always give me a strong sense of her presence.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
I am really struggling over #3GoodThings tonight.
1: I'm privileged to have a job with health insurance, but my heart breaks for those who received a death sentence today about their medical coverage.
2: I'm safe in my home, with electricity, food, & clean water, but daily I watch my fellow human citizens' access to those things dwindle to nothing.
3: I have family, dogs who love me, & good friends while many are entirely alone.
Tonight, even trying to be mindful can't mend me. 💔 😢
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
About the time one finishes a big coat blowout... the other one starts. Behold, the molting #GermanShepherds. If there was a market for that puffy, wooly undercoat, I believe my personal wealth would have surpassed Bezos's by now. 🙄 🤦♀️ I'll comb out bushels a day for at least the next 2 weeks. I keep telling him to be glad he's cute.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
Happy #Friday to all! It's almost full-bloom of lilac season in northern #Michigan. Now if only I could somehow package the scent to go along with the pic! Can this be my #3GoodThings post for today? There's certainly more than 3 lilacs and certainly at least 3 good things about them... sight, smell, and happy pollinators.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
On #Caturday, Nosey wishes to express his intense disapproval of all the moving, clearing out, & re-arranging around here. He says that even having unusually empty shelves to explore does not justify the disruption to an ancient old cat's world. Boo-hiss.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
Nightly #GermanShepherd post: this is Larissa, the first Assistive-Search-Alert dog I trained for an #autistic child in 2001. After graduation she volunteered to expand her job description because she was convinced all babies, of all sizes and all species, in all the world, belonged to her.
Author. Retired service dog exec. Equine aficionado. Critic of arrogance. Conservatism escapee. Raging introvert. Reluctant cynic who's trying to look for the upsides. Latest book: "Shepherds of Our Hearts," from Voelker Books. Publishing interests lean to education, linguistics, psychology, and realistic fiction. Won't follow accts with no bio. Most posts auto-delete. #Writing #Publishing #Authors
I'm too tired tonight for much posting, but perhaps something for #Caturday. This was taken during the recent ice storm and power outage when old lady Zoey was especially appreciative of her favorite fleece blanket.
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