My dogs, my life, how they are entwined (and how things change): HAPPY GOTCHA DAY TEDDY

Friday, March 7, 2008

HAPPY GOTCHA DAY TEDDY

Today is Teddy's 5th GotchaDay!! Happy GotchaDay big guy - we are sure glad we found you!! You are a very good boy and we love you very much!!

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Anonymous said...: Geez, Teddy - we iz sawry dat we missed yur 5th Gotcha Day yesterday. Daisy Mae an' me ar sendin' yu speshul good Gotcha Day drool, snooters an' sniffs. Eeben tho dey iz late in commin', we hope dat yu enjoy 'em (an' dis way, yur Gotcha Day lasts fur 2 days!). Say "hi" ta Annie an' Bailey fur us, OK?

Buddy an' Daisy Mae; March 8, 2008 at 1:09 PM

Dharma

by Billy Collins

The way the dog trots out the front door
every morning
without a hat or an umbrella,
without any money
or the keys to her dog house
never fails to fill the saucer of my heart
with milky admiration.

Who provides a finer example
of a life without encumbrance—
Thoreau in his curtainless hut
with a single plate, a single spoon?
Ghandi with his staff and his holy diapers?

Off she goes into the material world
with nothing but her brown coat
and her modest blue collar,
following only her wet nose,
the twin portals of her steady breathing,
followed only by the plume of her tail.

If only she did not shove the cat aside
every morning
and eat all his food
what a model of self-containment she would be,
what a paragon of earthly detachment.
If only she were not so eager
for a rub behind the ears,
so acrobatic in her welcomes,
if only I were not her god.

My dogs, my life, how they are entwined (and how things change)

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HAPPY GOTCHA DAY TEDDY

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