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April 2025

4 posts from April 2025.

symptom watch scene
April 26, 2025 Dog Symptom Watch

The quiet inventory before the coffee is poured

The floorboards in the kitchen always give a soft, familiar groan under my weight before the sun has fully cleared the fence line.

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personal story scene
April 23, 2025 Personal Stories

The names I have always known and never said out loud

The ceramic dog-bone jar by the coffee maker sits exactly where it has for six years, a constant witness to my habit of writing around the truth.

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routine notes scene
April 21, 2025 Dog Routines

The puzzle toys that actually stay on the rug

My house often feels like a graveyard for expensive rubber puzzles that Mabel and Walter decided were not worth the effort. I look at the ceramic dog-bone jar by the coffee maker and remember the days when I thought a challenge was supposed to be difficult.

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routine notes scene
April 8, 2025 Dog Routines

The simple checklist I keep for my senior dogs

My checklist is not fancy. It fits on one page in the notebook on the kitchen counter and gets messy fast, which is exactly how I like it.

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