Dear Santa,

By | Life, Ursa | 2 Comments

I was whining (more whining!) about not having anything to write about and my friend Yvonne said, “Ursa.” So this goes out to Yvonne and fans of Ursa everywhere: A holiday card from Ursa Minor (Pup) Rader-Day “What fresh hell is this?” (Ursa has a new holiday…

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You guys just want dog pictures

By | Ursa | 4 Comments

Fine. This is Ursa’s first week with us. She was very interested in her food dish as a puppy, although now I sometimes have to bribe her to eat her food by adding a half slice of Kraft yellow cheese. Which changes the game. Ursa, first week…

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An Ursa Minor retrospective

By | Ursa | 4 Comments

A request! More doggie stories and/or pictures. Oh, I can handle that. How about an Ursa Minor Retrospective, some never! before! posted! That is my little bear on the far right. Those are three of her siblings. There were two more, I think, and one of them…

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First readers

By | Ursa, Writing life | 4 Comments

Been a big puppy day around these parts. I took Ursa to the dog park so she could foam at the mouth (she really does this) and run off lots of punk, and then we stopped by Mary Anne’s condo to play some more with Ellie. My…

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The hesitant first post

By | Ursa, Writing | 3 Comments

Hi. I’m not the first to type this message, this hesitant, should-I-really-be-spending-my-time-this-way first message on a new blog. I’m certainly not the first person to start with a photo of my dog, right? So what? I’ll try to be creative later. For now, I’m going to do…

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