This is my dog Ginger with Vance. The picture is about 5 months old so she has grown a little bit. She has to be chained up outside all day while I am at school so I take her for a walk in the morning and bring her inside in the evening. This morning I had an exciting walk with her. We came around the corner of the front yard to go down the driveway and there sat three large jackrabbits. Ginger loves to chase jackrabbits or anything else that moves. So, you can probably imagine what happened next. I was jerked forward and dragged down the hill. I thought she was going to choke on her collar or break her leash. She was whining at me to let her go, but, of course, the rabbits took off and she eventually calmed down a little. It certainly got my blood pumping. When we climbed back up the hill toward the house she looked like the huskies pulling a sled in the Iditarod (is that how you spell it?). I hate to misspell things and I am embarrassed because I made a mistake in my last post. I should remember what I tell my students, "Always go back and check your work".

The other thing I wanted to share was something that happened with Chelsea (my 17-year old baby daughter). We were driving to school and I told her about a book I was reading. I had just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and another book called City of Glass both of which were intense reads. I chose a short novel that sounded like it would be a simple love story but I told her it was starting to get complicated. She said, "When it comes to love it is always complicated." We both laughed. How true, how true. I love all of you so life is complicated, but worth it.