One of my dearest friends recently gave me a book called The Souls of Animals, by Gary Kowalski. My guess is that we all define “soul” a little differently. To me, it is one’s essence; it is what makes someone who he/she is (whether that someone is human or animal). Mr. Kowalski states, in discussing […]
Archive for the ‘Animals’ Category
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; My History with English Bulldogs
January 10th, 2012 
LeeAnn If you know me or have been a regular reader of my blog, you know that I love English Bulldogs. As you can see in this post, In Celebration of our Faithful Companions, I grew up with them. Bullies literally make me weak in the knees. There is nothing cuter than an English bulldog puppy. […]
Pressing Reset
December 28th, 2011 LeeAnn That is what I am doing this last week of 2011 – pressing my reset button. This was a busy and stressful year-end for me, and when I get stressed I tend to develop some unhealthy habits. I have taken this week off and am attempting to rest, relax and regain my perspective. We are […]
In Celebration of our Faithful Companions
November 24th, 2011 LeeAnn I am so thankful for my many blessings – including my husband (we are celebrating our twelfth anniversary this weekend), my parents, my family (including my husband’s amazing family) and my incredible friends. Despite this, I have really struggled with this Thanksgiving post as I have friends and acquaintances who are alone and having difficulties this […]
The Dance
November 14th, 2011 LeeAnn Did you know that the gentleman who wrote The Dance lives in Savannah? He does. I actually met him once. What an incredibly powerful song. For your listening/viewing pleasure: However, this post is not about that dance; it is instead about a routine that plays out twice daily in our house. The participants have been […]
Unbroken Almost Broke Me
August 30th, 2011 LeeAnn I recently finished reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. It is the true story of Louie Zamperini, an Olympic runner who became an Army Air Force bombardier in World War II. The book follows Louie through his extraordinary life. Unbroken is well written and riveting. Ms. Hillenbrand wrote Seabiscuit as well – and clearly knows what […]
Savannah’s Amazing Grace
August 26th, 2011 LeeAnn I have written several posts on our part-time paradise in the North Carolina mountains, but have neglected my true home of the past fifteen years – Savannah, Georgia. And there is so much beauty in Savannah. I live on an island on the south side of Savannah and cross a bridge usually four times a day […]
Posted in Animals, Family, Personal 
Tags: bulldog, Georgia, Savannah, The Olde Pink House 
14 Comments »Random Thoughts on a Thursday: Persians, Pugs and Taco Salad
August 4th, 2011 LeeAnn This has been a bit of a tough week for me as my Gracie has been sick again. In addition to running from the snake, I also came home from the mountains as Gracie started to squint in her eyes again. About two months ago she had to have two non-healing ulcers removed from her […]
Posted in Animals, Family, Music, Recipes, TV Tags: Animal Planet, Bulldogs, Persians, Pugs, Taco Salad 15 Comments »False Advertising (and men really are from mars)
August 1st, 2011 LeeAnn Shortly after we bought our house in North Carolina two and half years ago, our next door neighbors invited us over for a drink. Our neighbors live on the mountain full-time, and have for a number of years. They are delightful and we have very much enjoyed getting to know them. I have always remembered that […]
A Short Plea
July 28th, 2011 LeeAnn On Wednesday, I drove to the North Carolina mountains. There is one thing that I really dread about that drive – it is that I almost always get behind a truck carrying animals, either pigs or chickens. This time it was chickens. I apologize for the poor quality picture below, but I snapped it with […]
Posted in Animals, Vegetarian Tags: animals, flowers, kindness, The Kind Life, vegetarian 6 Comments »
