Completely off topic
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in not poodles | Comments OffIt's 104 degrees (Fahrenheit) here today. The dogs are lazing around. We're not training, because I may be nuts about agility but I'm not nuts enough to spend half an hour in an extremely hot barn to train. I just ...
Talking to Strangers
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in not poodles | Comments OffI talk to a lot of people who just like poodles. Today it was an elderly black man on a bicycle who stopped to admire the girls. He wanted to know if they needed a big place to run around. ...
Dog breeders, dog “rescue”, purebreds, and mutts
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in not poodles | Comments OffOut here in the land of dogs, we have all been following the saga of the Obama family puppy with great interest. Our President, who has managed to pass several items on his agenda and reverse several Bush edicts, has ...
Going for a swim…
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in knee rehab, not poodles | Comments OffI'm just back from ten days in the Big Island of Hawaii, a trip planned and paid for months ago... thankfully. We went diving and my knee did very well. Sometime in the next few days I'll post some of Jay's ...
We rock, as it turns out…
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in not poodles | Comments OffIt is Thursday evening, and Velotech has a) not laid anyone off, b) continued to pay its employees, c) found new warehouse space, and d) expects to reopen in a few weeks. Pretty amazing.
Last weekend wasn’t so good…
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in not poodles | 3 Comments »Last Sunday morning, Jay and I were woken up at 1:46 AM by a call from the company that handles our security alarm for our internet bicycle parts business in Portland Bike Tires Direct . Anytime the alarm company calls ...
Italian Dogs
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in not poodles | Comments OffI just got back from two weeks in Italy, with five days in Verona and four days in a small town near Padova called Abano Terme. Verona has the second largest Roman-era coliseum and uses it every summer to have an ...
Life
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in not poodles, trials | Comments OffI am in Portland with my injured daughter... her knee is clear on MRI and her collarbone has been set. She is still in a lot of pain but will make a full recovery. Last weekend Dancer got two Qs in ...
One Nightmare Later…
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in not poodles | Comments OffMy daughter is fine (sort of) but she got hit by a car Thursday while riding her bike. She was in the bike line, crossing an intersection on a green light, when a woman driving a pickup hit her. Her ...
Tulsa, OK
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in not poodles | 1 Comment »I spent five days in Tulsa last week. I had never been to Oklahoma before and I was thoroughly saturated with it. I watched a huge thunderstorm out the hotel window while I listened to a tornado warning ("you should take ...