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November 09, 2009

Dogs laugh, too

Every Sunday, I make the hour-long trek home to visit my family and enjoy my parents’ delicious home cooking.

One Sunday, as my parents rummaged around the kitchen preparing dinner, I kept hearing, “Bailey, no! . . . Off the counter! . . . Bailey! That’s not for you; don’t eat that! . . . Down, Bailey!” Our one-year-old red lab puppy, Bailey, loves helping out in the kitchen. Sensing my parents’ irritation, I got up from my lazy nap and took the crazy pup outside for some exercise.

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October 07, 2009

Missing the past. Loving the present. Excited for the future.

I have a conflicting relationship with the month of September, and now that it is behind me for another year, it’s time to talk about it.

Who doesn’t love the fall colors, or getting hopelessly lost in a corn maze, and you can’t beat the feeling of sleeping with the windows wide open, allowing the cold, crisp air to force you under a mound of blankets you haven’t seen since last winter. There is also excitement and energy as campus comes back to life, and that’s why I love the month and all the promises of the new academic year.

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