by Linda Thorne
In 2006 my friend Sandee from Denver came to visit me when my husband and I lived in a town called Hanford in the Central Valley of California. She was on her way to a friend’s wedding and talked me into going with her. We drove to the home of the bride to be, Gailee, and her fiancĂ© in Atascadero, California. I not only got to meet the wedding couple and their families, but Sandee and I
stayed after the wedding to tour that beautiful area of the
country. We made a trip to the Hearst Castle in nearby San Simeon and then
shopped in a lovely little tourist town called Cambria, close to the Ocean. While
window shopping I found the book, Marley
and Me, displayed in a gift shop window.
The book cover had the face of a dog that looked so much like our dog
that had recently died. I felt
like singing that age old Doris Day song, “How
much is that Doggie in the Window.” The book captured me. I didn’t know what it
was about, had no idea it was a best seller, but I ran into the shop and bought it and read it within the next few days.
President Obama said it in a different way publicly when he said, “They talk about me like a dog.”
It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do will make me feel alright.
Abby left, Mo to the right - They don't work much
In 2006 my friend Sandee from Denver came to visit me when my husband and I lived in a town called Hanford in the Central Valley of California. She was on her way to a friend’s wedding and talked me into going with her. We drove to the home of the bride to be, Gailee, and her fiancĂ© in Atascadero, California. I not only got to meet the wedding couple and their families, but Sandee and I
Dog lovers are everywhere. Doggie characters can help
sell a book, but that’s not why I put our deceased dog, Buffy, in my Judy
Kenagy book series. I put her in because it was my way to keep my doggie alive. Buffy
appears in my book trailer at: https://www.youtube.Just Another Termination
Speaking of dogs, there’s something I just have to
get off my chest. Forever, I’ve said things like: “That person talked to me
like I was a dog,” or, “I’ve been working like a dog, or someone was treated
like a dog.”President Obama said it in a different way publicly when he said, “They talk about me like a dog.”
Look
up “work like a dog” online and it will define it in terms of struggle, hard
work, slave labor. The term is in dictionaries all over and is a negative term.
Of
course some dogs don’t have it as great as others, but for the most part we
talk to them like babies. They don’t have to work and get to lie around being
pampered, fed, let out for the bathroom. We give them a safe haven and protect
them and they know it. So, now, even when people talk to me badly (and believe
me it happens when you work in human resources), I’m having trouble saying I
was talked to like a dog. After watching our two pampered border collies, Abby
and Mo (picture below), lounge around doing nothing all day, every day, I doubt I’ll ever be
able to say the words again, “I’ve been working like a dog,” but the Beatles said it
in their famous song, A Hard Day’s Night. I can still here the beat filled tune with the words
that don’t ring true ... at all.It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do will make me feel alright.
