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I Didn't Want To Talk, And I Didn't Think Dogs Could Solve My Problems. But They Were So Uncritical And Un-judgmental. Sometimes When You're Really Blue, You Don't Want To Talk, But You Want That Sense Of Companionship. I Certainly Enjoy That With My Beasts.

Having Animals In The City Is Entirely Different From Having Animals Out In The Country. For One Thing, It's More Social. When You Live On Lots Of Acres Without Neighbors Within A Stone's Throw, Your Dog-walks Are Usually Solitary Rambles Over Hill And Dale.

The Iphone Calendar Isn't Bad, But It Isn't Great, Either. It Only Offers A Day View And A Month View - It Doesn't Have A Week View, Which Drives Me Crazy.

Buying A Car Used To Be An Experience So Soul-scorching, So Confidence-splattering, So Existentially Rattling That An Entire Car Company Was Based On The Promise That You Wouldn't Have To Come In Contact With It.

I Might Have Missed My Calling As An Editor. In The Spring, The Sight Of My Empty Garden Beds Gives Me The Horticultural Equivalent Of Writers' Block: So Much Space! So Many Plants To Choose Among, And Yet None Of Them Seem Quite Right!