The Weird Thing I Don't Like to Talk About

I remember clearly what my doctor said to me when he gave me the diagnosis I’d been waiting for nine years to hear.  He said, “Your blood is weird. You’re weird.”  It was a deep relief to know that the weirdness wasn’t in my head. It was official that I had an autoimmune disease called Sjögren’s Syndrome, and it is weird.

The Diva Dog: A Work in Progress

Calicocoa would like a car of her own one day.

As you may know from reading "The Dawn of Calicocoa's Diva Days," our new dog addition to the family came with aggression issues and arthritis.  I wanted to let you know that Calicocoa is making some progress. Or, rather, we are making progress in understanding her. Over the past two months, she's been feeling more comfortable in our household and she's been on medication for her joints.  The numerous visitors, movers and contractors have given us the opportunity to work on her behavior issue.

Chick in Versailles

What’s the best housewarming gift for a girl with a mini-farm? One of my dearest friends knows it’s chickens. Of course.  What a surprise it was when she entered our “Come as We Are” housewarming soiree, handed me a gift bag and said “Open it now.” My first thought was that it was too light to be a bottle of wine, but I shortly got over my initial disappointment.

Update on the Deer Menace

This morning I accidentally let the dogs out without looking for deer first. As usual, they raced from the house at their respective top speeds, Griffin barking madly.  Too late, I spied through the windows three deer springing across the yard with Calicocoa in hot pursuit, though slowly losing ground to my relief. 

And then... wait just a moment... just a moment... here he comes... Griffin was running and barking with all his might, bringing up the increasingly distant rear. Calicocoa had driven the deer over a fence in the northwest corner before Griffin was on the scene, but he was still in the hunt until he too had reached their exit point.

Our intrepid chupahuahua never gives up fighting the deer menace.