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Hungover, Jolene Meets The Weather of Her People

The leftovers are gone, the pie plates back in the cupboard, and Parental Peas, Parker and Penny, have headed back...
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Family on Thanksgiving: Jolene’s Heart is Full

Remember that Thanksgiving painting by Norman Rockwell? With a jovial white-bread family leaning into frame with smiling, delighted faces? A...
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Writing a Letter About Books and Ordinary Days.

Here on the high desert prairie, the grasses are a flat dry tan, and we won't see green again all...
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Jolene’s Teen Angst and Roller Derby Bravado

Saints preserve us. This weekend, Jolene is having her friend, Tachi, sleep over. I'll believe the sleep part when I...
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Jolene Has Lacey Bloomers

Jolene is changing faster than the fall colors. It isn't just that she's grown lacey bloomers on her backside. Sometimes...
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Building Confidence: Scentwork With Jolene, Acknowledgment for Mister

I don't recognize this young dog of mine. She doesn't care, except that I'm such an old fart. Here's the...
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My Turn at the ER, Drs. Jolene and Mister Attending

I'm fine. Two weeks ago, Jolene was in the emergency room, and this week it was my turn. But this...
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Even Better, Jolene Becomes an Adolescent.

People said puppies are so much work. They said they were glad it was me and not them. Amen to...
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Midnight. Emergency. Jolene.

Jolene is fine. But if I'm driving my truck and it's midnight on a Saturday, it just means one thing....
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Jolene Rescues Us From Drowning

In what most would consider the middle of the night, Jolene goes off like one of those alarm clocks with...
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