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  • krudler

    A few days after Jordan passed, I adopted a new dog. I needed new energy in the house, and a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Pinto and Aurora are both getting older, and neither of them is particularly imposing as a home defense deterrent (other than the barking).

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  • books on grief

    I’ve been tearing through books on mourning, grief, death, and surrounding topics. Since I’ve been reading so many (and quickly), I thought it might be helpful to share a list of them and a brief review to help guide others to materials they may find helpful during times of loss.

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  • rip bruiser 2007-2023

    We said goodbye to Bruiser, our nearly-sixteen-year old Australian Cattle Dog this last Thursday. He was our first dog, and king of the side-eye. We got him when he was 7 weeks old, the week we moved into a house where we could have pets. Like most heelers, he was very smart, super active, and…

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  • a summary of current events

    My husband, Jordan, has brain cancer. He’s had it for a while—at least a decade—but this time it’s not fucking around. We found the original cancer on August 23, 2013. It was a Friday, five days before our ninth anniversary—the day Jordan bought a brand new motorcycle and went out for a ride. He seemed…

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