~ good catch! ~

Wed 30 Nov 2005
8:56 a.m.

I’ve been reading a novel called Claire’s Head, by Catherine Bush. It’s about two sisters who suffer intense and frequent migraines, and how they live with them. One sister is a journalist chasing down possible cures. She ends up missing, and the other sister goes searching for her. There is a lot of interesting information about migraine symptoms and causes as well as treatments and the occasional miracle cure. One such was effected by waltzing. Gotta love that one! It's the one I'd like to try.

This little dog has been a perfect companion for me since my arrival home at the end of June. She keeps me smiling with her puppy antics. Chasing her tail remains an apparently addictive activity; it seems that sometimes she can’t help herself. It’s there, it must be caught.

~ taken this summer ~

Then, she spends many long minutes pushing empty plastic pails around the yard at full speed. They are undoubtedly her favourite toy. We are only amazed that with her head inside one of these, she hasn’t yet run into a tree.

And she is so graceful at times. It's a delight to watch her leaping high and bounding far, like she's spring-loaded.

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Off to the city for the night. Emil’s got an orthopedic clinic that will take up the best part of the day; then we’ll sup and spend the night with my cousin, and head home in the morning after a couple stops for things we can’t get out here. Like the Fair Trade coffee we buy, and the camera-card developing. And Cathy's good company.

I'm all ready to go. Now it's a matter of waiting for Emil, who is out in the porch, to get his shoes and jacket on.