E(mesis) Pluribus Unum

Or…Whatever you want to do you have to do something else first.

One from the many–interruptions, distractions, diversions and alteration of so-called plans.

Source: various. But largely and lately, Scout the dog.

Moral: do not take on a year old dog as a new member of your household unless you are prepared to be interrupted at every turn.

  • No, you cannot chew up another roll of toilet paper.
  • My razor is not a chew toy.
  • HEY! It’s just an inch-long millipede that somehow crossed the threshold, not a pit viper for goodness sake!
  • And no my slippers are not imaginary rabbits for you to chase.

And this morning, the emesis–full of freshly-munched grass; and also the expensive Interceptor pill he had just taken with a smidge of peanut butter. Oy.

And we just passed the One Month mark with the boy.

And if you’ve read this far and bothered to look at the image and are at all nature-aware, you may have noticed the picture is NOT of dog puke at all. So WHAT IS IT?  [Answered as a comment to this post on facebook later today. ]

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Fred First holds masters degrees in Vertebrate Zoology and physical therapy, and has been a biology teacher and physical therapist by profession. He moved to southwest Virginia in 1975 and to Floyd County in 1997. He maintains a daily photo-blog, broadcasts essays on the Roanoke NPR station, and contributes regular columns for the Floyd Press and Roanoke's Star Sentinel. His two non-fiction books, Slow Road Home and his recent What We Hold in Our Hands, celebrate the riches that we possess in our families and communities, our natural bounty, social capital and Appalachian cultures old and new. He has served on the Jacksonville Center Board of Directors and is newly active in the Sustain Floyd organization. He lives in northeastern Floyd County on the headwaters of the Roanoke River.

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  1. I am pleased that this creature (thanks to the coming of mulch to foundation plantings everywhere) is better known than it was when I was teaching undergrad biology decades ago.