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Nature’s Day – 100 words

May 16, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Nature’s day. Today was the day the dog and I agreed that the grass was too long, too wet, too full of thistles and nettles. We went the long way round to the field. Detour an annual inevitability, we are already dancing with traffic at the edge of the road, defeated by blind lunges into […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: 100 words, dog, May, nature, spring

Dog – 110 words

February 8, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Dog. My dog is a little bitch – a chocolate drop of a creature, sweet and domestic, when she’s minded. But sometimes she is a sharp-clawed ball of instinct and indignation. Why can’t she dig up the raised beds or gnaw on the school shoes? My food should be hers and, indeed, will be if […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, creative writing, dog, Patterdale Terrier, pet, Yumi

Man and a dog – 121 words

January 11, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Man and a dog. I used to have a dog like that, he said. Oh? I said. The dog, tucked under my arm, wagged against my ribs. Yes, and then, one day, it started biting people. Just like that, he said. Oh? I said, but I didn’t believe him. Yes, and suddenly it wasn’t smooth-haired […]

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Why dogs are better than children…

February 25, 2021 By Ellen Leave a Comment

I’ve been a ‘puppy parent’ for three weeks and already it feels like Yumi has been here forever, I’m even considering getting a French Bulldog. This is exactly the same with human babies, but, for me, a three-week old baby was still mysterious and imprisoning whereas with a dog I feel like I’m getting the […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: boys, children, dog, family, humour, My Life, Yumi

Things I have learned from 21.5 hours of dog ownership

January 31, 2021 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Oh my dog! It’s been intense. Little Yumi hasn’t been in the family for very long but she’s turned our lives upside down already. It’s clear that the learning curves are steep on all sides. If you’re a dog owner as well, it might help a ton to learn details such as diabetes in dogs. […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: dog, in my life, in the world, My Life, Patterdale Terrier, Something happened in my life, Yumi

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