Dec 20 - The Supreme Court Of Canada Does The Right Thing And Strikes Down Bad Prostitution Law

This could be the day
That will someday remind us
Of foolish years past

Dec 19 - The Christmas Party, During Which I See That Daisy And I Are Really Falling Out

Daisy's at her worst
Off-tune songs, endless begging
Still, the kids have fun

Dec 18 - The Fire Monkey's Big Day

Explosions and cakes

200 birthday greetings

I feel well-feted

Dec 17 - An Offensive Comment On Facebook Makes Me Suspect I've Been Catfished

Is Jill Hurley real?
Something in her mean comments
Just doesn't ring true

Dec 16 - The Rainbow Bridge Monday Night Candle Ceremony (10 p.m. EST)

We light 3 candles
For poor Coquetta, sending
love to Dog Heaven

Dec 15 - Don't Hire Us To Staple Your Dog

Sometime in the night
Beagley popped one more staple
It's clear we're no vets

Dec 14 - It Turns Out A Week's Notice Is A Little Tight For Finding Belize Hotels at Christmas

Can't count the hotels
That told us they had no space
But then it worked out

Dec 13 - Trying To Make Owen A Multi-Media Book

This video book
Is much tougher than I thought
Why sasquatches, Paul?

Dec 12 - I Don't Want To Mother The New Volunteers, But Good Grief

They're almost 30
But they're so disorganized
I end up clucking

Dec 11 - This Dog Craziness May Be Giving Me A Reputation As An Odd Duck

My co-workers act
kindly toward me, but I
fear they find me strange

Dec 10 - In Which We Wake Up To Discover Beagley Has Bitten Out All Her Stitches

I stapled the dog
Then hunted for wire-cutters
To fix my mistakes

Dec 9 - Mourning Coquetta While Beagley Lies Stoned On The Floor

Two dogs: One murdered,
the other spayed in our yard
Life flows hot and cold

Dec 8 - And It's Back To Copan, This Time With A Good Ham Sandwich

Our picnic lunches
Go well with double rom-coms
On the long bus home

Dec 7 - A Tegus Shopping Day

Julie drives to Wow
To buy six perfect white chairs
Sangria at lunch

Dec 6 - All Aboard To Valle De Angeles Before We Think Too Much About The Things We Just Said

The feedback session
Gets a bit ugly, but we're
Spared by a field trip

Dec 5 - A Flashy Dinner Amid Fine Company

Thai food, jazz music
Is this Tegucigalpa?
Charmed by the World Bank

Dec 4 - In Which A Happy Trip To The Mall Leaves Me Stranded Outside The Gate Of The Fancy Subdivision

Bags strewn on the road
I'll have to walk this last leg
The cab's too seedy

Dec 3 - The Meeting Goes Off The Rails

Funny how quickly
You go from open to closed
One more Advil day

Dec 2 - Day 1 And I'm Digging For My Advil

I have grown too old
To fall for fuzzy thinking
Give me a real plan

Dec 1 - Off To Tegus To Stay With Our Well-Placed New Friend

Yup, a long bus ride
But a mansion awaits us
And margaritas