Category Archives: Inklings

Thoughts, musings, ideas, lessons and thoughts about life.

Pathways in the Heart – On rescues, grief and healing


Rescue dogs can be like a complicated puzzle.  So ‘mothering’ one can be complex because you don’t have all the pieces. Understanding and putting those pieces together in healing ways is the promise you make to a rescue. Raen, the … Continue reading

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Can You Hear Me NOW? On Surveillance and Whistleblowing


“The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed – would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper — the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime … Continue reading

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On Anniversaries and Falling in Love


“Like a river flows, surely to the sea, Darlin’ so it goes, some things are meant to be, So…take my hand, take my whole life too, for I can’t help falling in love with you.” Elvis Presley sang it years … Continue reading

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In Memorium


“These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation that has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free”  Michael Castle My godfather and favorite uncle, Edmond … Continue reading

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Lightening the Feather – On Rescue and Rescue Dogs


“It’s just that no one wants to be the one being rescued, we all want to do the rescuing.” ― Steven Brust, Iorich  Are we ever really ready to grieve yet set the grief apart to love again? I have … Continue reading

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Home is Where Your Mom Is


One of my most special treasures was given to me by my daughter when I moved from the house she grew up in to North Carolina.  It simply says, “Home is where your Mom is.” I was going to try … Continue reading

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Pain Divided – On Empathy


  “I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.” Walt Whitman from The Song of Myself  “I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.” Mahatma Gandhi Ah, empathy. Some say … Continue reading

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On Mourning and Healing Love – A Tribute to Raen


“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing… was peace.” Milan Kundera Today … Continue reading

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Spring Cleaning – Washing Our Souls Anew


“She is the rain and snows that arise from the waters and replenishes them again…as young and as ancient as spring, like the song of glad water flowing into the night from the bright morning in the hills.” Describing Goldberry. From … Continue reading

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To See the Face of God


Take my hand And lead me to salvation Take my love For love is everlasting And remember The truth that once was spoken To love another person Is to see the face of God. Herbert Kretzmer‘s lyric based on Les … Continue reading

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