Lonny's Ramblings

I have been a dog person all my life. We have had Westies (West Highland White Terriers) as adopted family members ever since we discovered that this was the only type of dog my mother wasn't afraid of. For my bar mitzvah, my parents bought me a Westie after our Sherry died. I had Arri for 15 years and then had a 20 year hiatus of not having a dog. My wife never had a pet and was very much against getting a dog. On three different occasions, she agreed for me to get a Westie and then took back her agreement. A dog, unlike so many other types of pets has an incredible impact on the lives of everyone in a house - going away for the weekend or longer, walking it, feeding it, barking, sickness, etc - so bringing in a dog without her agreement would be a recipe for disaster. I learned that many years ago when my father did that. My mother left the house and, in no uncertain terms, told my father that it was either the dog or her. The dog went. My younger daughter loved all things t...

Ramblings #1 We're closing in on the end of October. Our clocks just changed to winter time, so it's already getting dark earlier and will continue to do so for the next few months. This is my first blog entry and I decided to call my blog, Lonny's Ramblings. Why ramblings? In this way, I don't have any commitment for coherency, chronological lock in or even to any particular subject matter. All I have to do is put to paper (in this case, computer) anything that is on my mind and as tangents arise, just follow those tangents. And maybe, just maybe, I'll get back to the original track of thought. So - Ramblings! Thanksgiving is coming around next month and that gets me thinking - about the meal with lots of guests, of course, but more about what we do towards the end of the meal - tell what we are grateful about. This year, like all years has had its mix of good and bad, highs and lows, and lots of challenges. I could think about all that has happened, look at h...