death The Ballad of Johnny & June—Verse 7 Previously, June Carter blossomed as a widow following our loss of Johnny Cash. She seemed to grow more confident, more herself, once she was out from under his oversized shadow. Second Across the Rainbow Bridge If there is a rainbow bridge that transports beloved dogs across to their Reward, Miss
Austin Painting Jeanie Take it from an old person - after a certain point, birthdays are confusing and disruptive. You have to use math to work out how old you are - and no one you know wants to attend a 90-minute party to eat jelly and ice cream and play pin the tail
dogs The Ballad of Johnny & June—Verse 6 Previously, bonded pair Johnny Cash and June Carter had proved impossible to place into their forever home so had slowly been absorbed into our tribe. Then Johnny became ill and died soon after. June Carter immediately became official family. She belonged with us. Now newly widowed, June Carter’s future
Johnny Cash The Ballad of Johnny & June—Verse 5 Previously, up-for-adoption bonded pair Johnny Cash and June Carter were given the Zilker Bark treatment, but no one stepped up. At this point, we were a little relieved—we all were bonded with them by this time. First Across the Rainbow Bridge The Zilker Bark adventure was our
Johnny Cash The Ballad of Johnny & June—Verse 3 Previously, two elder pugs were accepted by us for fostering, leaving us with a total of four pugs. After a small amount of adjustment, we all settled into a slightly fragile balance. The Dental Story You’re right; we’ve been here before. A rescue pug (or two) who comes
Johnny Cash The Ballad of Johnny & June—Verse 2 Four Pugs Previously, we had been persuaded to foster an old pair of pugs—Johnny Cash and June Carter. In this verse, we learn a little more about each of them. Big JC was a mighty little barrel of a boy, and used his relative mass to assert himself within
pugs The Ballad of Johnny & June—Verse 1 We were happy as a two-pug family: John Henry (the Original Gangster Pug) and Jordan (the toothless, feisty grandma). We loved our pugs—in truth, we loved all pugs—but were limited by space as to how many we could have in our home. That's what we
candies November 2025 Happy month-before-Xmas! This latest in an occasional series of newsletters has one aim and one aim only: to take you, if only for a few minutes, to a happy place. Come on, let's deny reality, just for a moment. First, I wanted to celebrate you - my
food When the YouTube Algorithm Sends Me Camping in South Korea We are all slaves to the Algorithm at this point – prisoners of the bubble we’ve created by consistently clicking on Daily Show clips, comic book reviews, and the endless videos of touring comedians doing crowd work. That said, sometimes the Algorithm gets a little quirky. Sometimes, it offers a
pugs Pugs As People Remember the Dolly Parton Challenge? Probably not; it was old and tired by the time Jordan and I made the quartet of images here. It was the first time I think I jumped on an internet meme bandwagon - and so late I probably missed. But AI allows us to do
pugs Training (the Untrainable?) Jordan Jordan, once she settled in, turned out to be something more challenging than we’d first expected . . . an angry, protective whirlwind of intimidation and violence. Like so many tiny dogs before, she was just so full of hate. The reality of this is a little . . . stressful. She seemed very very
