tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389480389593821140.post4798090522695838508..comments2013-07-29T08:20:20.350-05:00Comments on herringbones: Isn't it weird...Kristi H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725410338802338692noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389480389593821140.post-4342460359900182102007-12-15T00:47:00.000-06:002007-12-15T00:47:00.000-06:00I bought a book in the Dallas airport tonight that...I bought a book in the Dallas airport tonight that I am going to bring you over Christmas. I read it in about half an hour on the plane and had to hold back a flood of tears so as not to scare the people around me. <BR/><BR/>Its called "Good Dog. Stay." by Anna Quindlen and its mostly about what her dog taught her in his life and death. I was just reminded of this part when I read this post:<BR/><BR/>"The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed... Starting out I thought life was terribly complex, and in some ways it is. But contentment can be pretty simple.<BR/><BR/>And that's what I learned from watching Beau over his lifetime: to roll with the punches (if not in carrion), to take things as they come, to measure myself not in terms of the past or the future but of the present, to raise my nose in the air from time to time and, at least metaphorically, holler 'I smell bacon!'<BR/><BR/>Sometimes an old dog teaches you new tricks."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07762244287852576190noreply@blogger.com