April is National Poetry Month!

Posted: April 2, 2011 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados | Leave a comment

Kathy, the poet among us sent this:

To Celebrate National Poetry Month, enjoy the poem and photo from a children’s book of poems titled Loose Leashes by Amy and Ron Schmidt. Ron Schmidt also maintains a website: http://www.looseleashes.com/index.php

Kathy

Escalator or stairs…

Posted: March 30, 2011 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados | Leave a comment

One of the things the Flylady says is ‘make it fun, it will get done’. Another one of her euphemisms is ‘all we want to do is play’. The following is testimony for both!

Kai-La-Sha Alright Alreddy 11/06/97 – 3/21/11

Posted: March 22, 2011 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados | 1 Comment

While you may have received this privately from Vickie, it’s something I want kept on the blog. Vickie approached me years ago, possibly before Ali came to me. She wanted a female puppy for a pet. Those can be hard to come by! When I decided to place Ali, she went to live with Alan and Vickie. Ali opened the door to one of my treasured friendships.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am the thousands winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush.
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

From Vickie:

A toast … to a new star in the heavens tonight. A beautiful, shining red star. It is, indeed, fitting that we raise a glass of red wine honor her memory. Or, perhaps, to drown our sorrow at her passing. What she added to our lives cannot be measured except by the heart.

Fly now, once again whole, to the high and ancient mountains … the ancestral home beckons.