HeyJaredMy Mission from Dog
Upended in a 2021 car wreck in the Mexican desert. I'm feeding, spaying and giving medical care to hundreds of abandoned, starving dogs.
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Suzy and Dr. Death (opens the original)
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I called the out of town vet about coming ten days ago. Suzy’s situation and tumors have gotten worse. Spreading to uterus etc who knows really out here we have no diagnostic tools but there are patterns. Bleeding and pain and okay we’ll see you Sept 27. I can feel the knots in her abdomen. it’s a 3 hour drive for him and this is the Sunday he comes. I’m preparing to put Suzy to rest as I know she’s super uncomfortable and the blood loss and all the rest but she’s a fat lab that’s been here sinc
Free air. (opens the original)
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It’s the little things that make a day. Running errands. Crossing things off the to do list. Can I find what I need? No. Can I figure out a substitute or go without? Usually. Will there be gas? Can I get to the station? Is there dog food? Is the reading on the gas meter at 1/4 really empty? Maybe. Possibly. Yes. Will my Internet connection stay on long enough to post this? Yet to be determined. It’s cycled off 8 times in the last paragraph. Customer service has stopped answering texts and phone
No Pasa Nada (opens the original)
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Azaleas (opens the original)
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I forget if you said to cut above or below the node.Pruning forces growth, you’d sayI make an arrangement of pink and double bloom white azaleas. The petals fall off before the first guest arrives.There’s a flower in the guacamole dip that is turning brown like swamp water. As predicted, someone says. There are people pouring through the door, loud talking, bar dashers and buffet grabbers. The shrimp and tortellini skewers disappear first. Are you the caterer?There are handshakes and lively chat
Peel the layers (opens the original)
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Before I flipped my van in the Mexican desert (because someone hit me and I will continue to defend my driving skills) and got stuck in a horrible small dusty town where no Americans go, pass through, tourist or even get gas—I lived in a clunky rural town in Northeast Georgia called Mt. Airy. I was in Atlanta before that and did good restaurant business for 15 years. Stressful, money chasing, robotic business. I moved to the country woods at the foot of the Appalachia and far away from good food
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