Yesterday, during lunch with friends and a foster dog, a woman we’ve never met jumped out of her van with a big warm blanket for my foster dog, who must’ve been looking chilly under my chair. California winters may be tropical by midwest standards, but they’re still winter! She swaddled him up until he was swallowed in swirl of fuzzy red Elmos, patted his big fat head, smiled big and then said, “When you leave, you can put it back in my van. It’ll be unlocked.” And it was, and we did. Our hearts melted. What a beautiful, perfectly random act of kindness!

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January 4th, 2010Happy New Year!

Wow, this is my first post of 2010. As I look back, I realize that between my two blogs, I have written 112 posts this past year. That says something about my love for pets and my love for writing…