THE HALF BREED

They call me a Boxer,
But I’m a Half-Breed.
Part Boxer of course,
and part people indeed.
Anyone who owns me knows it’s true.
We’re so close to being people,
we’re like part of you.
“He’s one of the family,”
you’ve heard people say.

“Don’t know how we’ll manage when he passes away.”
But they’ll get another Boxer,
a pure bred at first.
Not the [...]

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Discovery

The rhythms of the sea, the quarter-million-mile light of the moon and the companionship of dogs inspired in me a sense of timelessness, of peace, of the profound grace always waiting to be discovered when the noise of daily life subsides.

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