Leroy RIP

As if these shitty nowadays-times could get even more sad — Leroy, my daughter Hannah’s basset hound/greyhound mix, has passed. Although we’d known awhile the end was near — lingering bad-health issues combined with being well-advanced in age, I guess, caused the scenario to worsen — but knowing before hand don’t soften the blow. In…

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Dog (UPDATE: Champ and Major Arrive At The WH)

UPDATE This occurred after I posted last evening: Now back to the show… Along with Joe and Jill Biden taking-up residence in the White House, also for the first time in four years — dogs. The Bidens have two German shepherds, Champ and Major, but I couldn’t find any news about them arriving at the…

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Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 15 (abridged)

Another blurb of Leroy and me on a hike along the Rascal Bike Path here in Merced, a city of a bit more than 80,000 about an hour north of Fresno on the 99, heatedly-blistering in California’s Central Valley. This morning, however, our walk was really nice — we’d started early, missed the up-driving temperatures…

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Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 14 (abridged)

Breezy and not all-that-warm this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley. Compared to yesterday (101-degrees), today has been a snap — it’s 77 right now and with cool gusts the ambiance is near-comfortable. Another irregular/regular post of Leroy and I strolling along Rascal Bike Path here in Merced. Although we walk every day, only…

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Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 13 (abridged)

Overcast and breezy, a cool-feeling supposedly 80-degrees this Sunday afternoon in California’s Central Valley. Sitting in my daughter’s small, cozy backyard, I catch occasional glimmers of sunshine, but the scene mostly emoting an ambiance of an old black-and-white movie with brief flashes of color. Another heat burst upcoming, maybe temps in triple digits by mid-week.…

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Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 12 (abridged)

Another buzz in California’s Central Valley this Wednesday afternoon, and once again a-walking Leroy along a portion of the Rascal Bike Path here in Merced, located in that self-same valley. Also another example of Leroy not really wanting to walk, especially maybe too early in the morning, but off we went anyway for a short…

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Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 11

Hot and still Saturday here in California’s Central Valley. Another adventure of walking my daughter’s dog, Leroy, along a small portion of the Rascal Bike Path here in Merced, which during the hike this morning was seemingly way-cooler and a bit overcast. An ambiance easily burned away upon our return leg, always quicker, and hotter.…

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