Date: June 29, 2015
Parkinson's Disease Rants & Ramblings Archive
In The Moment
The white mist consumes the landscape as cooler air insinuates itself into the otherwise hot and humid space outside. A reprieve from the blistering heat is welcomed by plant and animal alike on the farm. Gracie the Golden also enjoys her morning release from the voracious nursing of seven growing pups as she lies spread-eagle […]
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The Multiplier
Fast asleep and seemingly exhausted, Gracie the Golden lies beside my chair peacefully as a reprieve from the voracious appetite of her growing brood of infant canines. The adorable pups, satiated and possessing bulging bellies sleep and dream peaceably in their designated space. A voracious first week’s appetite by the pups inspired their mom to […]
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The Gift
In that peaceful place of twilight sleep I heard the panting. Gracie (our Golden Retriever) was sitting next to me beside the bed as though looking to me for help. As I arose, I reached forward to cuddle her head in my hands and to rub her chin gently and lovingly. We made our way […]
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The Place of Thanks
Just days away from the arrival of her first litter, Miss Gracie, the Golden Retriever, is doing far more snoring than retrieving. Burdened with a load of pups soon to worm their way to the daylight she is almost mournfully lethargic. The once ambitious discoverer of all things interesting in the yard and fields is […]
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A Slice of Life
Overcast, but far from gloomy, the verdant green of the fields and forest illuminate the landscape. Squirrels scurry about foraging for nourishment as red tailed hawks glide by with a watchful eye. The chickens pick their way through the pasture adjacent to the stable securing worms and larvae working their way to the drier spots […]
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The Store
As the eve of summer approaches the swings in temperature seem to slow their pace. From cool crisp evenings to hot and sultry days we are moving to swings of hot and sultry to not as hot evenings. Eager for rain fall, the fields begin to display more and more brown. At this time last […]
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