The Shadowdance Blog…
sometimes humorous, sometimes sad, occasionally irreverent, mostly honest.
A collection of ramblings on my life with working dogs, livestock, and a creative brain.
“And so I write. I write my life. I write to escape real life. I write to live moments over again. I write to rewrite the moments I’ve lived over in a way that makes more sense to me. I write the moments to heal. I write the moments I hope never happen. And I write the moments I hope will happen.”
― R.B. O'Brien
A Mid-winter Break
Lookit me. Posting again. What an overachiever. ? I decided I’ve been struggling with blogging off and on because I’m really not a ‘heart on…
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Happy New Year
Surprise! I’m still here. In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t blogged in quite some time. Haven’t really written much of anything, to be honest.…
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Always an Adventure
I feel like I’m a bit behind with… well, pretty much everything. I’m blaming it entirely on Puppy Girl. I mean, seriously, Maeve is quite…
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The Thing That Happened
Sometimes things just happen. Good, bad, or in between, everyone’s life is beset by things happening. There are things we celebrate, things we rail against,…
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And Just Like That
WHAM! It’s summer. And it’s been a busy start, during which I’ve learned quite a bit about myself and my dogs. More accurately, I was…
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Spring Cleaning
This is my dog shelf. All the dogs I’ve lost in my adult life (with the exception of one) reside on this shelf. All with…
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Catching Up
Yes, I know, I’ve been a bit negligent about posting. No real reason. Partly I just didn’t feel I had anything of much interest to…
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After a Break
According to the Chinese New Year, 2022 is the Year of the Tiger which sounds a whole lot better than the past couple years –…
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