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Tag: dogs

daily kaddish: for shay

Posted on 24 June 20119 February 2016 by erin

Today’s Kaddish is for my friend Kathleen Comalli Dillon’s beloved dog Shay, whose Yahrtzeit was last Saturday, 18 June.

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bonus kaddish: for chuck stine, from the blooper reel

Posted on 11 June 2011 by erin

This is from the blooper reel of Mira’s and my attempt to make a Kaddish for Chuck Stine on his Yahrtzeit.

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daily kaddish: for chuck stine

Posted on 11 June 201111 June 2011 by erin

Tonight’s Kaddish is for Chuck Stine, my friend Sharon Jacobson Stine’s husband, on his Yahrtzeit.

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daily kaddish: for ziggy ziggurat zussman

Posted on 6 June 2011 by erin

[powerpress] Mira and I have been walking our dogs at Ft Funston in San Francisco a lot lately, and naturally these excursions have led to conversations about the dogs we have loved who walk with us no longer—my Sam, Alex, and Candy Pants, and her Elchanan, Pooch, and Ziggy Ziggurat Zussman. When it came time…

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a kaddish for miss pants

Posted on 1 April 20119 February 2016 by erin

Candy Pants was my dad’s hunting dog, retired to California, endured four dogs’ worth of veterinary crises, and healed me—not exactly in that order.

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we dying dogs

Posted on 10 November 201023 March 2011 by mira

Sometimes we just slow down and stop. And that’s it. We’re done. That’s what happened today at Funston, heading back from the cliffside trail. This woman’s dogs were going just nuts as she tried to protect one between her legs who was just plain done. It was like she was paralyzed there, not paying attention…

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death in paradise

Posted on 12 July 201023 March 2011 by mira

We hike in paradise on a daily basis. Slog though the sand on the cliffs overlooking the shore — and the sand gets deeper every year. Though every other year or so a truck comes by and tries to clear the trail some. The sand returns, carried by the wind. Someday, I’ll be slogging through…

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