Coonrac!

I was doing the dishes late one summer afternoon when I spied a furry face looking at me through the window over the kitchen sink. Startled, I pointed at the window and shouted, “It’s a…a…”  Dang it!  My mind couldn’t think of the right word.  I knew what I was looking at, but I couldn’t say the correct word so instead I started over and blurted out, “It’s a coonrac!” Continue reading

He seemed so normal…

Our German Shepherd, Kelly, did not understand the concept of weekends.  So that summer Sunday morning when she woke me at 6:00 a.m. I got out of bed, took her outside and put her in her kennel.  Kelly had a morning routine that consisted of announcing to the entire world that she was happy, that she was outside and that it was a glorious day. Continue reading