Twas the day before the last day of the year and the streets were quiet except for the patter of the dogs’ feet on the streets and me talking to them like they were my human children. The dogs and I do walk-abouts every morning. I try to take them to places on a rotation […]
I know that Saturday is not Sunday but a few Saturdays ago my brain thought it was Sunday. It took me a while to realize I had the wrong day. Definitely a full brain fail on my part when all I wanted was some chili peppers. That’s all, I just wanted to buy a few […]
Today is the Día de la Restauración, when the Dominican Republic gained their freedom from annexation by Spain, and it is a national holiday. Many Dominicans leave the city and we have it all to ourselves. When there is not much traffic I like to take a longer walk with the dogs. So here is […]
When there is not a lot of traffic either on weekends or on holidays I like to do a long morning walk with the dogs. We take turns picking the direction we go. Just like when I was a kid and my mom would take me and my sister out for a ride. We would […]
October 25 is a difficult day. It is the day my son William Jay Keys died. Billy Jay was only 23 when he died on October 25, 2003. It was the worst day of my life. Every year I try to take a little vacation and be near some water because his ashes were placed […]
How can humans be so cruel!? It just amazes and disgusts me. A puppy, innocent and sweet enduring such cruel treatment. This morning walking on one of the paths at the Faro a Colón (Columbus Lighthouse) the dogs were looking down a steep wall into the grass. There was a dog down there. I threw […]
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