Infinite Love
That’s Daphne, sprawled out between my lap and the sofa. Daphne really likes her bully sticks – extremely caloric sticks of meat for her to gnaw on when I leave my desk to minimize whining. Because...
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Sometimes, friendships work like this: you know how I am; I know how you are. We count on love. We must believe in love. Last night C and I put Daphne to bed a little earlier than usual and talked. We...
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Inventing a Horse BY MEGHAN O’ROURKE Inventing a horse is not easy. One must not only think of the horse. One must dig fence posts around him. One must include a place where horses like to live; or do...
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Daph is on a regimen now of Children’s Benadryl, pain medication, mite medication, and a topical spray with antibiotic. O dearest pup spends her time sitting in the hall, staring into space. I have to...
View ArticleStill No Words
Waiting for my book to get picked up is hard. Experimenting with medications is hard, and so is the subsequent and significant weight gain/vomiting/sedation. Realizing my own callousness and idiocy is...
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I feel fractured and am trying to get my land legs back. Right when I thought I was “better,” the old agony swept in again. It didn’t last too long, but it was enough to scare me. To do well, I must...
View ArticleIn the Sunday Stillness
Chris has been visiting his family in New Orleans for the last week or so. Daphne and I spend most of our time together — she comes with me to work, comes home with me in the evenings, and we keep...
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