“Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog”. – Sidney Jeanne Seward

 (daily ex. update, 2 short dog walks today, plus 4.5 mi morning walk. pm jog 1.1 mi)

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck “Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes it'll on'y be one.”

 (ex. update, morning dog walk very slow 1.4 miles, pm dog walk very slow 0.6 miles, pm slow jog 3.1 miles)

“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.” ― Willa Cather

 (daily ex. morning dog walk 1.2 miles, pm dog walk .2 miles, my dog is still limping and sore, trying Joint Chews.  pm jog 3.2 miles)

“A person's a person, no matter how small.” ― Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 1.2 miles, pm jog 3.1 miles. My dog is having serious joint issues, she cannot walk far and has difficulty with stairs.  Will be trying joint supplements.)

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”

 C.S. Lewis

Be the things you loved most about the people who are gone.

Earth has no sorrow that earth cannot heal.----John Muir

 Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood.

                         (Lyric from No One is Alone, Into the Woods)