It’s that time of year — to reflect. A friend sent me this video and it made me pause to think about all the beings in my life. The Nix with her heart of gold and growing brains (yes, indeed, she is coming into herself!). The border collies with their toddler intellects and drive to please. My daughter and her affinity for language and culture and science. Brenda the writer. Not a one of them who thinks about taking out the trash! But we each do our own things. And come together as family. Loved and beloved. And I truly love each and every one. I wish everyone a happy end of the year – whatever that means to you. The dogs have no time table – it’s all about this moment. With wind in the ears and snow flurries in the forecast and the angst of needing to stretch muscles and minds. We love you all!
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Living Connections by Toni
Friday, December 11th, 2009Sundays with Nix, by Brenda
Sunday, March 29th, 2009Well, we finally got out today. It was cold (March in Washington State) and the sky threatened rain, then didn’t, then threatened again. It was awful enough that the only other people out at Grass Lawn park were sports players (most common), people walking dogs, and Oriental people – who seem to do outside exercise no matter the weather
, and are unusually unaccompanied by dogs. The highlight of our trip today was an elderly Chinese man out for his brisk walk. He has one tooth, and that one was brown and looked like it might fall out. He smiled broadly (displaying the tooth prominently) and complimenteds me on having such a well behaved dog. If only he knew that just an hour before she’d been racing the fence line in the mud with Cricket.
There are signs of spring, budding trees and shrubs that seem to have decided to carry on even though the temperatures are still nearly winter. Most of the in-ground flowers appear to have been planted. I did get one lovely picture I’m including here.
