Karen Shanley's Blog, page 32
April 29, 2022
What Do People Do When They Don’t Have Bark Alarms?
They Buy Home Security SystemsIn my many years on the planet, 90% of them have been spent living with animals. Mostly dogs. I’m still figuring out how to find my way without four-footeds always by my side. It’s weird. So very weird.
I promised Andrew that I would try to make it a year. There’s some traveling he’d like to do where we both get to go together. What a concept! But I’m not sure how long I’ll last. … Read more
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April 22, 2022
How to Save Yourself a Trip to the Emergency Vet
Can’t tell you how many times over the decades and decades that I’ve lived with my animals that I wished there was a stop-gap measure before having to rush off to the Emergency Vet on nights or weekends. It would have saved me thousands of dollars.
Now there is an online service and app that may just do the trick. Fuzzy is a telehealth service for pet people with 24/7 access to customized pet care and product recommendations from vet … Read more
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April 17, 2022
The Embodiment of Pure Love
There has been no other dog filled with as much love and happiness as this little guy. He came by way of a dog for Cait, but as life often has other plans, it wasn’t long before he attached himself fully and completely to me. He and I have been inseparable ever since he made that decision. Like, literally, in 14 years we’ve seldom been out of each other’s sight. One of … Read more
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Wink = Pure Love
There has been no other dog filled with as much love as this little guy. He came by way of a dog for Cait, but as life often has other plans, it wasn’t long before he attached himself fully and completely to me. He and I have been inseparable ever since he made that decision. Like literally we’ve seldom been out of each other’s sight. One of the benefits of working from home.… Read more
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April 13, 2022
When You Become Your Dog’s Seeing Eye Person
I’d be lying if I said we’re not struggling to keep going. The days—and nights—keep taking their toll.
Now along with Wink needing me to always be within sight inside (or he cries nonstop until I am back in view), we’re at the point where, even though we have a huge fenced yard and dog door that he’s used since he was a puppy, he won’t go outside anymore unless he’s tethered to me. So all potty breaks are now … Read more
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April 10, 2022
What are the Most Beneficial Things to do with Our Time?
Q: In addition to meditation and spending time in nature, what are the most beneficial things to do with our time?
Take care of what is around you. Mend what needs mending. Tend what needs tending. Love what needs loving. Appreciate and enjoy your talents. Express your creativity. Be gentle and take comfort from simple living.
There is nothing mysterious about any of this. It is all very straightforward. When you meditate and spend time in nature, it quickly becomes … Read more
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April 7, 2022
If You’re Grumpy All the Time, No One Will Buy You
Yep, pretty true words from my Yoda daughter back when she was 4 years old. She’d randomly throw out one-liners that just cracked me up!
I have a box full of these kinds of scrap papers filled with scribbles I wrote down from when she was little. I call them “Caity-isms.” Whenever I start taking life a little too seriously, I pull one of these out, have a good laugh, and get back to facing the day with the proper … Read more
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April 6, 2022
Trying to Measure Spiritual Progress
The mistake that people make with all spiritual practices is they walk into this room full of tools. There are all these tools, and all these tools can help you to break through the illusion of duality, into that spiritual awareness connection, All-That-Is.
But what most people do is they try a tool for a brief period. They don’t get the quick results they’re looking for. They drop the tool. They go back and pick up another tool. “Let me … Read more
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April 4, 2022
It Was a Good Season
Maple Syrup haul for the season. From 20 gallons of maple water boiled down.
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March 31, 2022
Fear of the Unknown
Q: What is it that we are afraid of? Is it just fear of the unknown?
One can’t be afraid of the unknown, because it’s unknown. In this case, one is afraid of what one’s imagination conjures.
What people are really afraid of is losing the known.… Read more
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