Tag Archives: Dog

Will Love for Food

Posted on April 21, 2012 by russtowne

I recently saw a photo of a large dog with with friendly but sad old eyes, and much white on its face. It wore a sign made of cutout cardboard which was hanging from its neck. The message on it … Continue reading →

Posted in Generosity, Making the World a Better Place | Tagged cardboard, cardboard sign, Crayon, crayons, Dog, eyes, food, friendly eyes, Love, nourishment, old, old dog, photo, photograph, picture, sad old dog, sign, will heart for food, will love for food | Leave a comment

“Dogs Welcome”

Posted on March 20, 2012 by russtowne

A friend just forwarded the message below to me. I got a chuckle out of it and thought you might too. “A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwest town he planned to visit on his … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures | Tagged Dog, dogs, hotel, motel | 1 Comment

Savoring Unexpected Pleasures

Posted on March 7, 2012 by russtowne

We’ve all had the kind of days days when nothing seems to go right. We stub our toes, spill coffee on ourselves or someone else, get a flat tire on the way to an important meeting, accidentally hurt someone’s feelings, … Continue reading →

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Hope For The Human Race Comes From An Unlikely Place

Posted on March 3, 2012 by russtowne

Awhile back I saw an amazing video of a dog who ran out onto a busy highway to to attempt to pull from danger another dog that had just been hit by a car. As cars whizzed by barely mising … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Random Thoughts, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged abandon, abandoned, apathy, bully, bullying, care, Caring, cars, color, compassion, creature, creatures, cruelty, danger, deprivation, deprive, divide, divisiveness, Dog, dogs, eyes, grow, hate, hatred, help, Hero, Heroic, highway, hit, indifferencee, learn, loneliness, lonely, Love, neglect, one, oneness, ostracize, ostracized, political, politics, race, same, sameness, save, saved, shape of eyes, similar, similarities, skin, skin color, slavery, species, traffic, unite, video, war, wounds | Leave a comment

I Have Much to Learn From My Dog

Posted on February 29, 2012 by russtowne

A friend forwarded these and they seem right on to me. My dog Duke has been modeling these for me for six years and I still struggle to consistently do them. What can I say? I’m a slow learner. When … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Humor, Random Thoughts, Relationship Lessons Learned | Tagged care, Caring, coming home, compassion, Dog, Friend, friends, Friendship, fun, grass, greet, greeting, heat, home, hot, ill, illness, learner, Love, loyal, Loyalty, nuzzle, sun, tail, teach, warm, warmth, wisdom | Leave a comment

Grandkids Say The Darnedest Things

Posted on February 29, 2012 by russtowne

A friend shared these with me and I thought you might enjoy them too: 1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she’d done many times before. After she … Continue reading →

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Duke

Posted on February 11, 2012 by russtowne

Duke, my Chocolate Labrador, turned 6 a couple of days ago. I thought of him when typing about kindness. When I’m sick in bed he quietly lays next to me, keeping me warm and watching over me, never leaving my … Continue reading →