The Dog Blog: May 2019

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

DIXIE AND ME

Just now, I took Dixie out so she could "do her business."

She immediately headed toward a dark blob in the left-front corner of the deck. I couldn't tell what the blob was until it said "meow." It was the mostly black cat (with some white on its belly) that we've encountered before.

Dixie moved toward the cat, but I pulled her away. We don't want vet bills for stray claw marks.

The weird thing is that the cat just lay there casually. It never moved a muscle that I could tell.

Dixie went into the grass and did what she needed to do; and I brought her inside.

I looked back, and the cat was still sprawled there.

The other day, I walked onto the carport and saw a white streak going past the carport at high warp speed. I have to assume it was a white cat that I have seen in a neighbor's yard.

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Other entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Good Samaritan

• The PRESS cap and my friend Mike

• Watching TV

• No luck with Billy Sims

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

Monday, May 6, 2019

DIXIE AND ME

I was just watching a Miami Dolphin video on my laptop, and I heard a snort inside my bedroom.

I looked up and saw that the bedroom door was ajar. So I looked down and noticed Dixie sitting on the carpet, waiting for me to notice her.

So I got up, opened the door, let her out and came back to the computer.

I didn't mind her coming into my room. Maybe she was lonely. Our last dog, Lady, often came into my room. I'd be laying on my back, with my hand off the bed, and I'd feel a wet nose, warm tongue or fuzzy ears. And a doggy smile.

Dixie just isn't as adventurous as Lady was.