Quoth Og Mandino

“When others cease their struggle, then mine will begin, and my harvest will be full.”

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A cascading fail of suck

You know how it is that sometimes, you make one bad decision, which leads you into a circumstance where you make a worse decision, and then you make an even worse decision and by the time you come to your senses you’re standing there thinking, “how on earth did I end up in the middle [...]

March 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Family, Oregon City, Sugar Cookie | View Comments

A trip to the yucky dog park & other unsatisfactory dog adventures

So most mornings, I take my dog for a walk at one of three places — along the Clackamas River, at Clackamette Park, or to the field behind the Oregon City High School. On weekends, though, it’s kind of nice to mix things up. To that end, I often take Sugar to the dog park [...]

February 27th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Family, Oregon City, Sugar Cookie, West Linn | View Comments

Hellzapoppin'!

That’s what my life feels like at the moment. A bit of Hell, lots poppin’, and an exclamation point at the end. Let’s see, what’s going on:

1) “Felix” has taken over our house. Seriously, I’ve never seen a moggy make himself more at home more quickly than Felix (we settled on “Felix” because “Lucky” sounds [...]

February 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Community, Family, Felix the Stray, Friends, Marketing, Pets, Podcasting, Short Stories, Writing | View Comments

State of the Cat

As expected, daughter has taken the young stray under her wing and is spoiling him rotten. I have told her she can’t let him loose in the house until we’ve gotten him really checked out, but he can come inside in the carrier. So she carried him around with her in the house all morning [...]

February 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Daughter, Family, Felix the Stray, Pets, Publishing, Sugar Cookie, The Native Star | View Comments

Today, I am just one year away ...

… from being the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life. As I said to the redoubtable Serge, this year is just a warmup. Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes that were waiting in my email box this morning! They gave me quite a smile, especially since my daughter hasn’t yet remembered it’s [...]

January 21st, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Daughter, Family, Music, Personal, Style | View Comments