ONCE UPON A TIME I was never afraid of dogs… This once upon a time was when I was a grade-schooler, before I ever encountered a seemingly ferocious dog; before I ever encountered a genuinely ferocious dog. I was born in 1956. In the 1960’s as a child and in the 1970’s as a teenager I did not experience many things that our young people experience much sooner at this age than I did. You see, when I was a…..

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WHAT TINA’S TALES ARE: TINA’S TALES are short stories specifically about our Terrier rescue mix, In addition, I’ll be pleasuring you with stories about other great dogs, or even other fur babies of different species. God has designed so many beautiful ones! Friends, people with a great ability to love always are enamored by beauty! And dogs are beautiful! They always have a purpose which God has given them: some hunt, some protect, some only and always provide unfaltering companionship!…..

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WHAT TINA’S TALES ARE: TINA’S TALES are short stories specifically about our Terrier rescue mix, In addition, I’ll be pleasuring you with stories about other great dogs, or even other fur babies of different species. God has designed so many beautiful ones! Friends, people with a great ability to love always are enamored by beauty! And dogs are beautiful! They always have a purpose which God has given them: some hunt, some protect, some only and always provide unfaltering companionship!…..

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  WHAT TINA’S TALES ARE: TINA’S TALES are short stories specifically about our Terrier rescue mix, In addition, I’ll be pleasuring you with stories about other great dogs, or even other fur babies of different species. God has designed so many beautiful ones! Friends, people with a great ability to love always are enamored by beauty! And dogs are beautiful! They always have a purpose which God has given them: some hunt, some protect, some only and always provide unfaltering…..

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  TINA’S TALES     WHAT TINA’S TALES ARE: TINA’S TALES are short stories specifically about our Terrier rescue mix, In addition, I’ll be pleasuring you with stories about other great dogs, or even other fur babies of different species. God has designed so many beautiful ones! Friends, people with a great ability to love always are enamored by beauty! And dogs are beautiful! They always have a purpose which God has given them: some hunt, some protect, some only…..

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This morning (Tuesday, July 25, 2023) Duane and I were having my favorite breakfast: a bagel from St. Paul Bagelry and coffee from our most preferred Caribou shop… I call it our ‘cuddle bagel breakfast’ because Tina can be on my lap (or Pewter, usually it’s Tina in the morning) and cuddle while we watch a half an hour sitcom, enjoy our food and drink, and then start our workday. Today, in addition to the sitcom, I was highly entertained!…..

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PEWTER’S PAUSE is a reflective moment on the beauty of just one of God’s wonderous creations: cats! The title is in honor of my own Russian Blue who has been rescued, revived, and cherished as God wants all cats to be! Selah.         THIS KITTY STORY IS ABOUT BAILEY… Bailey was a male Lilac Himalayan, completely gorgeous: and I didn’t want him. It’s understandable. At that time in my life my three children were small; we had…..

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WHAT TINA’S TALES ARE: TINA’S TALES are short stories specifically about our Terrier rescue mix, Tina Ann Turner. In addition, I will be posting stories about other dogs.   Friends, people with a great ability to love always are enamored by beauty! And dogs are beautiful! They always have a purpose which God has given them: some hunt, some protect, some only and always provide unfaltering companionship! God created them for His pleasure and shares them with us! And some…..

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TINA’S TALES:   TINA’S TALES are short stories specifically about our Terrier rescue mix, Tina Ann Turner. In addition, I will be posting stories about other dogs. Friends, people with a great ability to love always are enamored by beauty! And dogs are beautiful! They always have a purpose which God has given them: some hunt, some protect, some only and always provide unfaltering companionship! God created them for His pleasure and shares them with us! And some are too…..

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    THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRUE STORIES: it’s about a squirrel, my Herbie! True, I don’t know which squirrel I’m talking about here: Herbie One, Herbie Two, Herbie Three… Selah. But here it is. Almost a year ago I had my very first breakfast meal at lunchtime at a family restaurant. Duane, our daughter-in-law, two out of three of her daughters, and I were gathered together for food and fun. I have no idea what came over…..

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