(Almost) daily reflections from novelist and essayist J.F. Riordan, author of the North of the Tension Line series, and of two books of essays on life, "Reflections on a Life in Exile" and "But Still They Sing". Frequent gratuitous dog photos.
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Last Day of the Invasion
It’s a rainy Saturday morning, and I’m happy because it means I don’t have to water the grass seed. The dogs, however—the same dogs who will spend an entire day in the lake, jumping, swimming, and chasing balls—would not go out in the rain...
J.F. Riordan’s Day Off
The dogs were so happy to see us when we got home from Chicago last night. We were gone for more than twelve hours, and they were not alone for very long. But it hurt my heart that we could go off without them and still be greeted only with...
Nature Rules
We are back at the lake, but without the dogs. There is still blue-green algae in clumps here and there, and while humans can avoid them, dogs cannot. Our lovely dogsitter is staying with them at night, and they are not alone very much, bec...
Let the clothes fit the woman
My neighbor’s daughter is getting married in the spring, and my friend is in a frenzy about finding a dress. She is a slim, attractive woman in her fifties, but the selection of affordable dresses is either hideously matronly, or ridiculous...
Taking Root
Last week I ordered ten hosta plants for the fall planting. They arrived two days later. They’ve been languishing in the dog shower ever since, because a) I was too busy to plant anything and b) there was no way I was going to dig holes in...
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J.F. Riordan, award-winning novelist and essayist. Owned by two enormous German Shepherds, Auggie and Eli, who occasionally pose for Gratuitous Dog Photos. Formerly known as @audacityofgoats
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