Lives in a Shoe

Disc Dog Regionals Tomorrow!

The gorgeous red dog on the right of the poster is our own Babe, half red heeler, half Australian shepherd, now 9 1/2 years old, named after Babe Didrickson-Zaharias who was the finest woman athlete of the 20th century.  Our Babe will compete tomorrow, along with our young rookie RIck O'Shay, a heeler mix (maybe part border collie -- he's a rescue so we don't know exactly what he is.) 

Teams will be coming from several states and it's always a thrill to see some of the best handlers and the most talented dogs in action.

Carl Sagan, We Miss You

My beloved old dog Duke sometimes wanders in the night, panting, becoming more anxious by the minute.  The calming herbs take a little while to work.  Last night, petting his head and waiting for him to get back to sleep I turned to my cache of recorded documentaries and watched "Alien Galaxies" from the History Channel.  Amazing stuff. 

This thought accompanied me back into my dreams:  There are about a billion (with a B) stars in our galaxy and there are a billion other galaxies in the known universe; there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on earth.