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This sweet sheltie is a therapy dog and along with other dogs visits the seniors at Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba each year. (Note the Daniel Boone dog in the foreground and the Jailbird dog in the background!) Everyone loves the parade of costumed pooches! Wouldn’t you?

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Yes, a few years ago, I wore this to my place of employment. No one knew who I was! (At least for a while anyway.) What fun!

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For some very funny and sweet animal “tails” go to sheltietales.com and read about the new cat named Zen-Cat, the ghost-dog story and the adoption of little Gigi. “Tails” to make your heart swell!

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Worth repeating: Originally printed in parts one through six I am now reposting the entire adventure.
This adventure started with an email from our friend Bob who had received an email from his friend Nancy who worked in a veterinary office. An elderly couple, both in ill health, was looking for a home for their tiny […]

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Want to have a fun Halloween party for the little kids? If they’re too young, like my grandson who just turned two, to work with carving tools, plan a different kind of party. Decide how many children will be attending. Buy a pumpkin for each child; pumpkins are available and inexpensive in most grocery stores […]

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This is one of the many years I dressed up as a gypsy for Halloween! These costume pieces were from my Grandmother Amanda’s trunk: a green silky skirt dotted in gold, a black and white polka dotted blouse and a red headscarf. Oh my, what fun dressing up was! A chance to legally wear make-up, […]

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This is the year I dressed as a witch to go Trick or Treating. My grandmother had moved to California and promised to send me a kitten. In the mail, came this wonderful surprise: a cotton and straw-filled white cat by Steiff. Just in time for Halloween! I had quite a time lugging around the […]

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History of the Jack O’Lantern: The Irish brought the tradition of the Jack O’Lantern to America. But, the original Jack O’Lanterns were not pumpkins. They were hollowed out turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. Lights were placed in them to ward off evil spirits. When the Irish immigrants came to America in the 1800’s, they […]

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I promised myself I would not call Mary again, at least for a while. But, after a few days, I just had to know how Bonnie Lass was doing.
“Hi Mary,” I said into the phone. “How’s she doing?”

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Tired and sad the next day, I tried to keep busy, think of other things—anything but Bonnie Lass. But that was impossible. No matter how hard I tried, my thoughts kept going back again and again to the little pooch that so recently pranced into—and out of—my life.

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