Lady, COME!

LADY'S ALMOST ALWAYS READY FOR A WALK.
THE GRASS ISN'T GREEN HERE TODAY, THOUGH.

This morning, I went downstairs to get Lady for a walk. I wanted to go before the expected winter storm hits the Triad of North Carolina.

I could see her through the dog door and yelled "Lady, COME!" She looked like she was looking right at me, but she didn't respond.

I moved closer and yelled again; same result. The third time, she perked up, jumped up, stretched and came through the dog door. She almost ran up the stairs, and we went for a good walk. Cold, but good.

It's early afternoon, and it's still not snowing. But it's coming.

Update: At 5 p.m., it looks like "White Christmas"; Bing would sing for this.

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

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• Growl and pull

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2015)

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• 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 deal) 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

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(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

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• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!