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Separation

April 18, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from Jacek) When Jacek came over a few days later, Ben bounded at the door before it even opened. Jacek wasn’t even past the threshold when Ben was on him like a jackal on rotting meat (no offence to Jacek intended – but in fairness to Ben, Jacek was…

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Jacek

April 17, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from Pennies from Heaven) It wasn’t long after Ben’s run-in with the corrective citrus that Andrea and started planning our winter vacation to correspond with the University’s own winter break. The destination we chose was one that had long captured my imagination: Greece. The question would be what to…

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Pennies from Heaven

April 16, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from PART TWO: Szczesliwego Nowego Roku) If nothing else came from our New Year’s experience, I definitely took from it a pretty good training needs analysis of Ben’s strengths … and his “opportunities.” (er-hem) Ben was and remains overflowing in his many loveable qualities. He’s cuter than most dogs out…

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A New Year (part two)

April 15, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from Part One: Car Ride) PART TWO:  Szczesliwego Nowego Roku Arrived at the pension, we unloaded the car and Magda made arrangements with the owners to throw in a load of vomit covered laundry. We then took the dogs for a quick walk before heading upstairs to our rooms…

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A New Year (part one)

April 14, 2013 by Dale 2 Comments

Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from First Snow) PART ONE:  Car Ride The first snow also meant that New Year’s eve would soon arrive. In Poland, this holiday is named after St. Sylvester because it is also his “name day,” and Sylwester is as much or even more of an “event” as it is here…

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First Snow

April 13, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from A First in My Life) It was the first week in December when the Baltic rains were transformed into the first snow. Ben always became a bit crazy in the rain, just like he did coming out of the bath. But the first snow of Ben’s life was…

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A First in My Life

April 11, 2013 by Dale 2 Comments

Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from The Bonds that Chain) There are so many firsts, so many moments, so many milestones that we accumulate in our relationships, especially those first relationships. I had had pets or, more accurately, had lived with pets, for most of my life and certainly all of my formative years…

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30 Poems in 30 Days – Global Poetry Writing Month (2022)

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    Bashert
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    Lumber Dog
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    Aisling for the Land
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    Hard Boiled Boy
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