Category Archives: Dog Boy Zen
Ten
Today marks ten years since our parting.Rarely does a day pass that I don’t think of you.Your successor may be surpassing you in age, though hers was estimated by the shelter.Sharing my life with Sassy June for this last decade … Continue reading
Six
Angel puppy, it’s been six years now, since we parted. Or perhaps I should say since we parted realms. At the first, it felt like true parting. Something lost and gone forever. The Cosmos has allowed me the time to … Continue reading
Wonderstop
Each time I reach this place, I hear your shadow walking with me. Each time I feel your spirit here I am left with a choice. I can wallow in anguish over that which is no more. Or I … Continue reading
Precious
Thoughts and words come easily now. Things we did not want to think, nor me to say. It is this most gracious and wonderous gift you have bestowed upon me: To have valued our time as precious. Love … Continue reading
Improvement
It’s like Jack Nicholson said to Helen Hunt in As Good As It Gets. “You make me want to be a better person.” I can never thank you enough, dear friend. Paz
Gift
The finest gift I ever received Did not come from a store. It wasn’t a thing I’d “always wanted”. Or replacement for that which I’d had before. It came to me without wrappings. No boxes or bags, no … Continue reading
Playtime
We should all have a Chuy. There are always plenty of chores to do around the ranch. He would look me up after I’d worked long enough. “Enough mowing.” he’d say, “Come on. Let’s play ball.” “All work and … Continue reading
Successor
Today she came into the kitchen from the outside. She nudged that door open with her nose, poked her face in, fixed her eyes on me and walked in, tail gently swaying side-to-side, just as you would have. Like seeing … Continue reading
Chow Dog Zen 