I first found "Mindy" in an outside run at the BARC Animal Shelter. He was super sweet and came right up to me. I fed him some treats and he followed me around like a little puppy dog - because he was. Only six months old. Just a loving, affectionate baby. But I had to leave him to go photograph … [Read more...]
The Daily Dudley
Want to learn about interesting things? Want someone to talk to you about your feelings (and not charge an arm and a leg for it). Well, you’re in luck. Dr. Dudley is here to entertain you with his blog and maybe even teach you a thing or two you didn’t know. Please enjoy the dazzling Daily Dudley.
AS THE RAVEN FLIES SO DO I
The year I first met them escapes me. Time has a way of robbing you of recollections. It's inevitable really. The first moment I stood across the river I stared straight up on the white bluff of Mount Dudley. My eyes were drawn to the shrill caw of the husband and wife American Ravens. They make … [Read more...]
CHARLIE’S ANGELS
Image by Janeth Roque Another typical day at BARC. Today was overcast, cloudy, and moody. Not too hot but not too cold. Kind of clammy. The crackerjack, all volunteer Photo Team whipped it into high gear, working with the dogs, assessing them, writing bios, and taking videos and images to market … [Read more...]
THINGS THAT STING!
Facebook! Sometimes I love it, sometimes I hate it. I mostly started using it to notify my kids in the youth group I advised - for eleven years. Now I mainly use it to market dogs and save their lives. Not patting myself on the back (or am I) but I did receive plaques stating I was the Adviser of … [Read more...]
RED & YELLOW THRILLED A FELLOW
Red and yellow thrilled a fellow. Gray in back joined the pack. I found Harry at the animal shelter while I was volunteering. He was a total clown, just as sweet as can be. Although for some reason he was listed as a female. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Definitely a guy. A week … [Read more...]
CLOUD JUJU
Do you dream? Are you creative? Wish you were? I always wonder that about myself. Sometimes I find myself daydreaming while cloud watching. Do you ever do that? Hurricane Harvey blew through Houston over a year ago. I'm not gonna lie it robbed me of my juju. It stole my creativity. Our house was … [Read more...]
MAGNIFICENT MISUNDERSTOOD MAX
The BARC Photo Team, the hardest working volunteers I believe I have ever encountered, arrived that Saturday morning. Tom started bringing dogs out, like he does every weekend. He brought us some fantastic dogs - and we have many at BARC. Then he strolled out with a lumbering, gorgeous, hunk of a … [Read more...]
LYRICS LAMENT
Too late, my time has come. Sends shivers down my spine. Body's aching all the time. Goodbye everybody, I've got to go. Gotta leave you all behind the face of truth. I don't want to die. I Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all... I just love that song, Bohemian Rhapsody by Thin Lizzy. Don't … [Read more...]
CANDY IS DANDY BUT LICK ‘ER IS QUICKER
Candy is dandy...Owner surrender at BARC. I know, you're probably wondering why someone would give their dog a stripper's name? I don't know the answer or why she was given up on. Probably the usual: going on vacation, or I moved to an apartment that doesn't allow dogs, or we just had a baby so the … [Read more...]
I AM ESPECIALLY FOND OF YOU
I am especially fond of you. Her name is Valera and yes, that was my favorite line from the movie: The Shack. I was driving to work early one morning with the girls - my two rescue dogs, Medina and L.E. As I passed a Valero gas station right across the street I noticed a skinny, medium sized dog … [Read more...]
