Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Same year, different day
This is the TToT (aka the Ten Things of Thankful (bloghop))
It is hosted by Kristi
It’s not difficult to participate in and the benefits, (of doing so), are most assuredly there.
Rules, as witnessed by most posts, at least from the Wakefield Doctrine, are… shall we say, a bit on the elective side.
1) Phyllis (see Number(s) 2, 4, 5, 9,
2) Una (Hey, I was looking for something in the way of wikipedia credibility on breed info for Una and came across this Hub Pages post. Anyone you recognize? Yes, I did put a photo of my wife in bed on the internet…. lol ayieee. (Anthropology 101 c. 2035: Teacher: “Yes, Studilla, you have a question?” “Those people back in the beginning of the internet, did they not understand that the virtual world is as timeless as JM Barrie’s Neverland?” Teacher: “Apparently not. Yes? in the back?” “Will this be on the test?!” )
3) internet, virtual world, blogosphere
4) how ‘real’ is this virtual, internet place? In evidence, this link (being a link to a page on ‘the facebook’ scroll down and you will see some familiar faces.)
5) The backstory for 2,3 and 4): Bella died. After a certain time passed, as it always does until it’s our time to leave, we began to think about another dog. There was for us, as is for many, a dog-shaped hole in the house. Now, both Ola and Bella were full-sized German Shepherds, which means they weighed on the upper edges of eighty pounds. Phyllis is the practical side of the family unit and suggested that perhaps a dog that would not be as…. challenging, to lift, if ever it became necessary (as it did with Bella and Ola). So off to the internet. And, long Grat Item short, we came across a breed of dog by the name of Chodský Pes. One look in the eyes did the rest. We found a breeder (there were none outside the Czech Republic, at least at the time) and with the help of google translate and a transport service, Una (formerly ‘Balla’) showed up on our doorstep.
6) Weekly installment of serial story, ‘the Case of the Missing Starr‘ May we present, Chapter 22.
7) something something
8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE the offer is this: We will place your Grat Item here, provided you send it in as a comment, of course.
9) the Wakefield Doctrine
10) Secret Rule 1.3. (because, well, you got yourself to Number 9, didn’t you? And when you did, you felt pretty good, right? Almost, go ahead, say it, grateful. Cha…ching! Done, done and post.)
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That HubPages link was great! Haha, I thought of Chomsky as I read the title. Happy Sunday. It’s been a busy week here at the Calhouns’ but I hope to get with y’all on the call-in next week. And…I see a pattern with dog names here, haha: Una, Bella, Ola…they all end in “A” and are two syllables. Oh and PS: a good friend of mine is Jethro’s granddaughter. lol
Those Hub Pages… ayiiee! talk about your high school year book at the bottom of a cardboard box! I was there just before I started hanging ’round ‘the facebook’ and met everyone who I know consider friend of the virtual world.
Yeah, if you look closely at the end table in the photo, you’ll see a book… our version of Dr. Spock’s book… it’s about raising dogs by the monks of New Skete.
And, while we did believe what the various books recommend about names (two syllables) the names came about as non-deliberately as all good names do.
…get out of town… Ian Anderson’s granddaughter?
v cool
Loved reading Una’s story. The internet certainly does open up the world, doesn’t it?
fer sure
So, I saw Chomsky and it made me think of Robert’s dog on Everybody Loves Raymond, but his dog was Shamsky and a bulldog. So there’s a little trivia for you! I love your story about how Una came to be. Clearly a loved pup. Lovely post.
thanks, Lisa. the whole process was fairly remarkable. (the photo in the hub pages article was taken in the airport at Frankfort Germany, a layover until last leg to Boston MA and then, by car to our house.)
Nice post, it is interesting how photos have a life of their own.
true dat
What a wonderful story about finding Una. And she was delivered to your door! I enjoyed reading your post on The Hub and had this feeling that someone else had referred me there but alas, I never checked it out. The video is adorable; Una is so frisky! Phyllis made a good practical point about the weight of dogs. I was in charge of my mother’s overweight Goldens near the end of her life and it was almost the end of my back!
Yeah, (the service arranged for her to be picked up at Logan Airport in Boston and, sole passenger, driven down to our house in RI). It was trés cool
It was definitely a smart idea Phyllis had thinking a smaller dog would be a better consideration knowing that eventually lifting a heavier dog might become very difficult. I loved reading the post on the HubPages.
I liked the rhythm of Bouréé. It was nice to have it playing in the background while I read your post.
I do that (find music to accompany posts) pretty all the time now. Sometimes there’s a song that is meant to go with what I’ve written, other times, I find a song and it influences what I write.
Fun
It’s nice to be catching up finally and read such a happy list.
yes I agree,
I love the story of how you got Una! Did you get Phyllis the same way, or was it more conventional…?
less, way less.
lol
Hey! have you gotten to read the serial, ‘the Case of the Missing Starr’ yet? The good news is that all the chapters are in reading order over at http://www.iandevereauxmystery.wordpress.com (I actually mean that part about ‘good news’ ’cause I’m writing it as a serial, on chapter a week and sometimes characters get lost in the two or three weeks before. Give it a read, let me know what you think.