Category: humour
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Living With Fear And Anxiety
I was talking to a friend today. A lovely Afghan hound who lives most of the year in Arizona, and of course we were talking about the pandemic (and maybe just a tiny bit about American politics and potential leaders for the greatest country on earth). Speaking of that, I have never seen two guys…
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Endangered Species
Hello I don’t know if you have been wondering where I have been, or what I have been doing, but I know I have. My memory seems to have some kind of faulty wiring. My latest update starts on March 3rd when we went through US customs at the Calgary Airport. Not one of the…
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Woodstock
Ok, yes, we all know (unless you have passed on to the big musical festival after crossing over the rainbow bridge) that the 50th anniversary of Woodstock was last year. Legend has it that 400,000 attended the event, but 1,000,000 claimed to have been there. similar to the people who will tell you that they…
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Downsizing Means Interment
As some of you know, we have been in the process of downsizing here at the humble kennel. Downsizing is turning out to be a really long, and sometimes painful exercise in letting go of the past. One of the things that we have held on to has been the ashes of three of our…
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Writing Your Own Obituary Continued
Hello The last time I wrote the purpose was to point out the necessity of writing your own obituary. It is too great a responsibility for your loved ones. It actually puts pressure on the family and they might spend too much money on its publication in the local papers out of feelings of ?…
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Writing Your Own Obituary
Hello. It has been a very long time since I have written. The death of Christine the Cocker Spaniel set me back at bit , and it has been difficult for me to apply myself to a great many things such as writing , and tasks such as downsizing incase I too go too quickly.…
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My Beloved Cocker Spaniel
Last week, my beloved cocker spaniel , who was named Christine, died suddenly. We were best friends for 448 years. Our first meeting was as young puppies at St. Peters Catholic obedience school , in what was then Riverside, Ontario. Like other spaniels she was happy, alert, personable, outgoing and easily maintained. A great companion…
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Mike The Bulldog
Mike the bulldog was very much part of the inspiration for this All Pinked Out blog of mine. We both had been diagnosed with cancer, and he seemed to enjoy the somewhat entertaining emails which detailed my progress through the treatment program of chemo and radiation. Many years ago the Detroit fire department decided to…
All Pinked Out 