While Walking Duncan
Blog URL http://www.whilewalkingduncan.blogspot.com
Tags Golden Retriever, Walking, Meditation, Dog, poetry, Colorado
The daily thoughts and observation of a guy in Colorado who dedicates entirely too much attention to his Golden Retriever, Duncan, and takes special solace in their daily meanderings. Their poetry is in their movement. Their bond is unforgettable.
Latest Blog Posts
- Remember on Nov 20, 2009 in Duncan photo
There are nights when we walk and my mind reels under the unexpected and sublime delicacy of our ambling. I find myself thinking, "Remember the color of this sky, the way the darkness comes like a slow kiss from the east and the orange light in...
- Waiting without Knowing on Nov 19, 2009 in Duncan photo
I had to leave work unexpectedly today, but only for a few minutes late in the morning. It wasn't anything I planned and didn't expect to be gone long. It only takes six or seven minutes to drive home and the time away from my dark desk was a welcome...
- Lessons in Snow on Nov 18, 2009 in Duncan photo
I am convinced there is nothing more perfect than Duncan's face when he plays in the snow after rooting around under the draped bushes for the rabbits which have taken to nesting there. He is a devil and a charmer, and the most beautiful angel glidin...
- The Visit on Nov 17, 2009 in Winnie Olive Pip
The door was strangely empty tonight when I came home. I'm used to Olive and Duncan waiting for me, ready to entwine themselves around my ankles and knees as I struggle to the bedroom where I change from shoes into snow boots. Olive, the most talkati...
- Season of The Goose on Nov 16, 2009 in geese Mom Grandma Fuger
With last night's abundant snow came the geese. They have gathered like a blanket upon spread out upon another blanket in the golf course behind my apartment where their bodies melt warm shapes into the snow and their feet leave strange, alien tracks...
- Loadstar on Nov 14, 2009 in The Glen
It snowed last night but the ground is still warm enough that it didn't last long. It melted before I was even in bed, where I got to lay with Duncan and the kittens balled up around me, listening to the sound of the water dripping off the roof, a hy...
- Coming Home on Nov 14, 2009 in Traci
My friend Traci posted a wonderful series of videos on her Facebook page this morning of soldiers being greeted by their dogs after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Clip after clip showed dogs greeting their companions ecstatically, running in ci...
