Early days at the park

I TOOK THIS SHOT OF LADY A COUPLE OF

YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE SHE'S DOING A PEE DANCE.

Lady and I usually go to the park in the evening, but we went early this morning. The weather was cool, and I was up.

The grass was wet, and, naturally, she rolled in it and came back soaked; fortunately, I keep a towel handy in the van.

A man had a rambunctious two- or three-year-old dog there, and it tried to get Lady to play. I was pleased that she didn't take umbrage to its playfulness. She just let him know that she's an older lady (12 when this was written) and isn't much of a player anymore.

I wish we could have stayed longer, but we had to go. I needed to work, and Lady wanted a nap.

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Lady and I went to the park early this morning (Sept. 24) as well. She got soaked as she rolled in the wet grass, but she had a great time despite the absence of other dogs.

Who knows? We might go again this evening, if I get some work done.

Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.

More entries from the Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2015)

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a steal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!