I have been a bit wrapped up in Nightmare's health issues as of late. He has CRF … which is Chronic Renal Failure. What this means is, his kidney's are no longer working very well. Right now they still work, but they no longer filter out all the toxins from his blood as healthy kidneys would. At some point they won't work at all - but I am trying ( Read more... )

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First-year students at Texas A&M's Vet School were receiving their first anatomy class, with a real dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet ( Read more... )

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Pisces Horoscope
 (Feb 19 - Mar 20)
Staying attentive will assure that you don't waste today's magical potential before it fades away. Avoid any type of escapist behavior now, including using alcohol or drugs or even daydreaming, for the most powerful use of your imagination is through acts of creativity. Even if you are not on familiar ( Read more... )

I have just begun reading, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver. She is by far one of my favorite and most treasured authors. And I here I am beginning a walk down the wondrous road of  reading a book when I have a pile of magazines to catch up on (Scientific American, Discover, Seed and National Geograhic's) all strewn in a messy ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Maggie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't even know what to say. Just trying to keep up with everything - and keep riding the 11 to 13 miles 3 times a week. I did take a tumble off the bike during yesterday's ride. I missed a jump - sorta hit it wrong which made my front wheel turn sideways and left me no time to right the bike under me before I went flying into the brush along ( Read more... )

“I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.”

-Anna Quindlen

First off it feels way to much like fall already. Secondly, I have been super busy with bike events and all that goes along with getting those under way. Thirdly ... is that even a word? Onward as it is sometimes said ( Read more... )