Author Archives: monalangmaackmelin

Hello Beloved, Once upon a walk with the dog I was noticing the funny tracks she left behind when her feet got wet in a puddle. She does have a bit of a hitch in her giddy up from being stepped on by another dog when she was born. The tracks were of her backContinue reading “Double Tracks”

Good day Beloved, Not long after I found myself embracing the title of widow, I was invited to join a Grief Group, which I will hereafter refer to as GG. Thankfully, it is a ZOOM meeting, if it had been an in person meeting I would not have taken the chance. After all, with aContinue reading “ADC”

Good day Beloved, how are you today? The weather here in the Midwest is starting to think about warming a bit. I’ll take it. The other day when I let the dog out the back door for romp. I noticed bunny tracks in the melty snow on the top step. From looking at the printsContinue reading “Are you kind?”

Good day Beloved, how are you doing today? Yesterday was Valentines day and for me that is the harbinger of spring. Not long now and the weather will begin to warm here in the Midwest and soon the earth will wake from her long winter’s nap. Generally speaking spring is the favored season for me.Continue reading “drift of death and decay”

Good day Beloved, it has been a hard week in my little world. I hope your week has been good or at least alright. As I write these thoughts the “feels like” temp outside is sitting at -11 and getting colder. I feel for those who are trying to survive in this cold. With thatContinue reading “Scars”

Hello Beloved, how was your week? A bit of a rollercoaster for me. In other words, same old same. I was thinking about something I witnessed this past fall during a walk. The majority of the leaves had hit the dirt already but there was this one tree that wasn’t willing to let go ofContinue reading “Congress of Robins”

Good day Beloved, a while back when my pup and I were walking in the morning before I had to trundle off to work. I looked up to appreciate the morning sky and discovered to my delight one of my favorite sights. The moon in the morning. I love the sight of the moon inContinue reading “Moon in the Morning”

Good day Beloved, as I write this blog there are a few things rollin ’round my mind. One is that it is just nine months since my Beloved passed, how time flies. Two is that this year is just as harsh or harsher than last year so far, Covid is still raging and in someContinue reading “I Thought You Brave”

Good day Beloved, Remember back when “Game of Thrones” was all the rage? I had heard that the dragons were spectacular to behold. I fast forwarded through the whole thing just to watch the bits with the dragons and then stopped when the first dragon was killed. They were fabulous dragons from egg to firstContinue reading “Dragons”

Good Day Beloved, A while back as I my pup and I were walking I noticed a behavior of hers that just tickled me. I believe I have said before that she has become overly protective of me since my wife passed. One of her ways of displaying that is to kick dirt when sheContinue reading “Doggie Bluster”