That’s so beautiful. I’m so glad you responded so generously and so did Rex. And now that dog has a much happier life.
There’s a little cartoon of a mother dog and her little just born puppies all happy, then they give a puppy to a man. He takes it home and it won’t stop crying. He finally goes back to the place and reunites it with his family and takes them all home together. I guess we are so ignorant of the psychology of animal pets, not aware we put them in suffering. I’m often concerned of fairly big dogs in small city apartments, it doesn’t seem right.
I sometimes find myself having to explain to my young child that our dog has (or had) a dog mother and that he got taken away... and suddenly I feel really weird about the whole system. And I know what you mean about big dogs in small apartments, although I've had my own big dogs-- both in apartments and in houses with yards and they seemed equally happy in both, mostly just want to be near me, whether, indoors or out. They don't want to be alone.
I have a recurring dream of living in the middle of a forest. C is coming to terms with the fact that now this dream needs to be some kind of reality. I am reading some on rewilding and scouting for houses that are in the fringe of civilisation, so my children can bike to their friends' but I can pretend I am a garden gnome.
I hope you realize your dream of becoming a gnome, Ana. I tend to become fixated on getting out of the city when I live in one and then miss it when I don't!
How beautiful, Anna. And some of the details are just precious. Like "I looked at the place where his eye used to be, and looked away again.", and many others. Bellissimo.
Dude I feel you on this 1000%, but from a large feline perspective. Wouldn’t normally link in a comment but some of the similarities are uncanny, so oh well.
I love where you live-I mean I don't know where you live (probably where we drive just because. when we're in the area-I can be there for hours-want to be there-so beautiful)-but you describe it so that I think I know and feel I love.
Kindness makes things as close to perfect as they can be. Dogs have a gift for awakening kindness. You make the point with complete naturalness, as if you were taking the reader for a walk, just because. I loved this.
That’s so beautiful. I’m so glad you responded so generously and so did Rex. And now that dog has a much happier life.
There’s a little cartoon of a mother dog and her little just born puppies all happy, then they give a puppy to a man. He takes it home and it won’t stop crying. He finally goes back to the place and reunites it with his family and takes them all home together. I guess we are so ignorant of the psychology of animal pets, not aware we put them in suffering. I’m often concerned of fairly big dogs in small city apartments, it doesn’t seem right.
I sometimes find myself having to explain to my young child that our dog has (or had) a dog mother and that he got taken away... and suddenly I feel really weird about the whole system. And I know what you mean about big dogs in small apartments, although I've had my own big dogs-- both in apartments and in houses with yards and they seemed equally happy in both, mostly just want to be near me, whether, indoors or out. They don't want to be alone.
Kindness.
Such a great one. So glad it worked out for Ralph, and you. I love the beginning section, too. Perfectly captures that California summer feel.
Thank you, Rob!
I have a recurring dream of living in the middle of a forest. C is coming to terms with the fact that now this dream needs to be some kind of reality. I am reading some on rewilding and scouting for houses that are in the fringe of civilisation, so my children can bike to their friends' but I can pretend I am a garden gnome.
I hope you realize your dream of becoming a gnome, Ana. I tend to become fixated on getting out of the city when I live in one and then miss it when I don't!
And that is the drama of human nature.
How beautiful, Anna. And some of the details are just precious. Like "I looked at the place where his eye used to be, and looked away again.", and many others. Bellissimo.
Grazie, Silvio
Yay for Ralph! Yay for you! Boo to Rob.
I love this, Anna. Thanks for sharing your sweet, kind heart (and your writing) with the world…
Thank you, Steve! That's such a nice thing to say.
Dude I feel you on this 1000%, but from a large feline perspective. Wouldn’t normally link in a comment but some of the similarities are uncanny, so oh well.
https://open.substack.com/pub/etallen/p/why-life-happens-to-us?r=30qkap&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
I love where you live-I mean I don't know where you live (probably where we drive just because. when we're in the area-I can be there for hours-want to be there-so beautiful)-but you describe it so that I think I know and feel I love.
Thank you! (I live in Ojai)
(almost guessed)
love Ojai
and-thank you
Kindness makes things as close to perfect as they can be. Dogs have a gift for awakening kindness. You make the point with complete naturalness, as if you were taking the reader for a walk, just because. I loved this.
Thank you, Rona
Nicely done, Anna
Lovely lovely.
Is Rob, James’s ophthalmologist? Missing an eye? Great. Great.