Altar

 

Goons

 

I miss my babies

Yosh is a great dog, but he's still new. He's learning himself; we're still learning each other. It's a process.

This morning I'm flashing back to Maizie. She died in Adam's arms. He rushed her to PETS Referral in Berkeley. Carried her to the door. I think we've lost her. Texted me. They're looking for a heartbeat. Then a minute later: She's gone. 

She went on her own terms, that girl. My heart dog, my baby. Jack, my soul doggie. How do you ever get over it?

The world's laziest puppy

 

I'm ready

When I wrote the memoir, I was ready to go deep. I've been resting on my laurels since then for the most part.

Time to dive down again. 

When my babies were Yosh's age

  

Jaws

 

Toad the Wet Sprocket, "I Will Not Take These Things for Granted"

 One part of me just wants to tell you everything

One part just needs the quiet
And if I'm lonely here, I'm lonely here
And on the telephone, you offer reassurance

I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things

How can I hold the part of me that only you can carry?
It needs a strength I haven't found
But if it's frightening, I'll bear the cold
And on the telephone, you offer warm asylum

I'm listening, flowers in the garden
Laughter in the hall, children in the park

I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things anymore

To crawl inside the wire and feel something near me
To feel this accepting
That it is lonely here, but not alone
And on the telephone, you offer visions dancing

I'm listening, music in the bedroom
Laughter in the hall, dive into the ocean
Singing by the fire, running through the forest
Standing in the wind, the rolling canyons

I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things anymore

I will not take these things for granted (flowers in the garden)
I will not take these things for granted (laughter in the hall)
I will not take these things for granted (a child in the park)
I will not take these things for granted (dive into the ocean)
I will not take these things for granted (singing by the fire)
I will not take these things for granted (the rolling canyons)

Second grade