Observing my dog Ace over the past year – at the beach, in the mountains, in deserts, forests, city streets, suburban lawns and campgrounds all across the USA — I’ve noticed that he is much more interested in some forms of wildlife than…
Tag Archive for dog
Visiting Reynolda, with your dog
by John Woestendiek • • 0 Comments
Reynolda — though it lacks any leash-free areas — is a great place to spend time with your dog. You don’t want to take him or her to Reynolda House, an art museum now featuring an exhibit by famed railroad…
Happy Mother’s Day
by John Woestendiek • • 0 Comments
I printed out and framed this photo of Ace amid the buttercups — taken at Reynolda Gardens in Winston-Salem — to give to my mother today. I see no reason you shouldn’t get it, too. Happy Mother’s Day, to moms– and…
Almost home: You won’t see this on HGTV
by John Woestendiek • • 0 Comments
Before I show you my new place — that’s next week, when I’m done decorating — I thought I’d show you somebody else’s. We came upon it last week, on the trip to move my furniture down south. There’s an…
Now you see him; now you don’t
by John Woestendiek • • 1 Comment
The mansion whose basement I’m living in has a big back yard, and in that big back yard is a big swimming pool, covered with a big black plastic tarp. Ace likes to venture deep into the ivy behind the…
Serenity? I second that emotion
by John Woestendiek • • 0 Comments
Ace’s Valium is really working for me. No, not in the manner you might assume. I am refraining from sharing his stash. Nevertheless, I have calmed down – because he has calmed down. When I get on the floor next…
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
by John Woestendiek • • 1 Comment
It’s dark down here. Even with every light on, even when the sun’s up, the temporary home Ace and I have landed in — a cellar apartment in an old southern mansion — is, given its subterranean location, something less…
Don’t tell me not to sleep with my dog
by John Woestendiek • • 0 Comments
A researcher who I’m guessing doesn’t have a dog says pets don’t belong in the bed, and that allowing them to sleep with us can lead to infections, parasites and diseases. He further advises that anyone who is licked by…
Squatting and plotting in Federal Hill
by John Woestendiek • • 0 Comments
For the past week, Ace and I have been enjoying the latest in our continuing series of lodgings — digs that have ranged over the past eight months from boat to trailer, motel room to tent, friend’s spare rooms to stranger’s…
Maniacs, monkeys and the Motel 6
by John Woestendiek • • 0 Comments
In a way, this might not be the best time to sing the praises of Motel 6 — it being in the news now for leaving the light on for one Jared Lee Loughner. Authorities say the Tucson man rented a room from America’s…