Winter is coming!

The photograph (at bottom) was taken in March 2017, but part of it … the furry part …. could easily have represented yesterday!

We were out on our regular “Ray walk”, and he seemed quite disappointed with his normal “treat stops”.  Lululemon’s dog biscuit bowl was empty (and the staff were obviously busy), and the bank was closed.  Ray, in true Ray fashion, took it upon himself to resolve the problem and took charge of his walk. Continue reading

A Simple Melody.

I find music fascinating. A song’s lyrics can take you into your history, or your anticipated future. It can arouse tears of sadness … or joy, and can cause excitement … or simply be a sedative.  Continue reading

Be the world ……!

One of the more common philosophies on life that I have heard is “Treat others the way you would like to be treated.” There are a number of iterations of that, the most well known could well be “Do unto others as you would have done unto you.” A more recent variation is “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. They are all basically suggesting that we should set the example of how we would like to see the world. Continue reading

End of Book Sale!

Just a reminder to those of you who have been following the developments with Ray, that his book (covering the first 18 months of living with us) is only on sale at the on-line FriesenPress Bookstore until the end of this month. Continue reading

Some things haven’t changed!

Below is a copy of a Post from April 2015. Reading that Post, and reflecting on Ray’s life journey with us, I had to conclude that the recipe for having a happy home with a dog in it, is no different now than what it was when I wrote that Post. Continue reading