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Episode 7
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Despite ending with Poodle’s epitaph in the last podcast. Grace, ease, lightness and middle earth – we continue with Poodle for a little longer. Can you find your way? Sometimes it’s an obstacle Course I can do it Middle earth, as we talked about in the last episode of this…
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Episode 6
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We continue along happily with Poodle. I saw you when I Was not looking for you, and You did not see me. There was no plan, no passion no persuasion. A photo on senior rescue page Act2pups had spurned a tiny interest, but passing, definitely no commitment. Definitely no desire…
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Episode 5
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We continue another few episodes with Poodle. How sad to be left Deaf and blind and unwanted In Rescue no more. We are good at labelling situations in accordance with our own perceptions. Cogito ergo sum. I think therefore I am. I think therefore it is. That is a sad…
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Episode 4
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This is Episode 4. We continue stumbling around in the dark with Poodle. You stumbling around in the dark – it frustrates me Me not the blind one. As discussed at some length in the last episode it is human nature to remember the good old days. With Poodle we…
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Episode 3
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We started and continue for a while still with Poodle. Give him his due. What a big mistake He’s deaf and blind, by God And now he’s ours. Human nature is rooted in pessimism bias which refers to the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of negative events while underestimating the…
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Episode Two
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This is Episode 2. A start has been made. And the start is never where it ends or even where it’s going. But we do continue a few more episodes with Poodle. Poodle you old dog With your foggy eyes – for you We remain unseen. Poodle was fortunately not…
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Episode One
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In the immortal words on Julie Andrews, let’s start at the very beginning. A very good place to start. One word, Poodle. We got Poodle from Act2 Pups – a rescue for senior dogs. An amazing organization actually run by Linda Hunt. She pulls senior dogs from metro Atlanta shelters,…
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It Takes One Person to Act
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In his book, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell asserted that studies show someone is less likely to be helped if in trouble in a crowd. In other words, the more people present in an emergency the less likely anyone will help. Possibly because people are all expecting that someone else…
Essays
A selection of Essays for a time in your life.
I wanted to write “random” before selection.
But as much as I sometimes think we are forging a path through a chaotic allegory,
I do believe in an order to it all. Of our own making.
Simple. Stories we pull into our own life. Stumble upon. Spend a second skimming.
Needed in the moment. Or not. But there nonetheless.