The 'between dogs' thing (previous post) only lasted 2 months. I now have a new dog, a wire-haired fox terrier puppy (adorable, of c...

With Hamish now resting in peace, gone but never forgotten, I am starting a new blog. Having for so long written in the persona of Hamish, i...

Readers of this blog may remember this photo of Hamish. I took it last Spring in the front garden of my West Highland cottage. The stone whe...

Well I ran into a neighbour today, who often walks his rather slow black labrador at about the same time as I used to take dear Hamish out. ...

Gail here. There is no good way of saying this. I'll tell it straight. Late Wednesday afternoon (only a few minutes after I pressed the ...

So we went out for a walk round the neighbourhood at lunchtime today. The winter sun was shining bright, and in the middle of day, by this t...

Long time readers of this blog will already be familiar with my Parallel Universe theory (see 29 July 2009 ). Well toss a few extra dimensio...

How am I doing today? Hmmmh. Thanks for asking. Well I've been feeling a bit up and down this week. But, to use a favourite phrase of hu...

Gail speaks first: Thank you so very much to everyone for sending Hamish all those best wishes, love and healing thoughts yesterday. What di...