6 Generations

the personal and the political

Monday, October 20, 2025

Goodbye to a Beloved Pet

Posted by Anita at 2:28 PM

Email This BlogThis!Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

No comments:

Older Post Home

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Unless otherwise noted, photos are taken by me and are copyrighted.

Followers

Five Generations

My great-great grandmother, great-grandmother, grandfather, and mother-- I am the baby. Click on the photo to view my profile.

Click on the photo to be directed to my other blog, Left for Texas.

Blog Archive

▼ 2025 (3)
- ▼ October (1)
  - Goodbye to a Beloved Pet
- ► May (1)
- ► March (1)

► 2023 (1)
- ► June (1)

► 2021 (6)
- ► December (1)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (1)
- ► March (3)

► 2020 (1)
- ► December (1)

► 2019 (2)
- ► April (2)

► 2018 (2)
- ► December (1)
- ► February (1)

► 2017 (8)
- ► October (2)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (1)
- ► May (2)
- ► March (1)

► 2016 (17)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (4)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (8)
- ► July (3)

► 2015 (6)
- ► June (1)
- ► March (2)
- ► January (3)

► 2014 (13)
- ► December (1)
- ► November (2)
- ► September (2)
- ► July (1)
- ► June (1)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (1)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (2)

► 2013 (34)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (9)
- ► August (2)
- ► July (9)
- ► June (6)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (2)
- ► January (4)

► 2012 (76)
- ► November (13)
- ► October (1)
- ► September (7)
- ► July (5)
- ► June (18)
- ► May (23)
- ► April (6)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (2)

► 2011 (50)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (5)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (8)
- ► July (9)
- ► June (8)
- ► May (7)
- ► April (3)
- ► January (1)

► 2010 (22)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (2)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (1)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (3)
- ► January (8)

► 2009 (156)
- ► December (7)
- ► November (8)
- ► October (9)
- ► September (7)
- ► August (11)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (15)
- ► May (30)
- ► April (21)
- ► March (26)
- ► February (8)
- ► January (8)

► 2008 (164)
- ► December (17)
- ► November (26)
- ► October (19)
- ► September (29)
- ► August (34)
- ► July (9)
- ► June (8)
- ► May (2)
- ► April (4)
- ► March (4)
- ► February (6)
- ► January (6)

► 2007 (41)
- ► December (1)
- ► November (5)
- ► October (9)
- ► September (14)
- ► August (6)
- ► July (6)

News Sources

Alternet
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bill Moyers' Journal
Center for Investigative Reporting
Frontline
Georgia Political & Policy Digest
Guardian Unlimited
Los Angeles Times
McClatchy Newspapers online
MotherJones
New Scientist
New York Review of Books
New York Times
New Yorker
Newshour with Jim Lehrer
NPR
ProPublica
Salon.com
Scientific American
Slate
The Atlantic
The Nation
The New Republic
The Texas Observer
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
The Wall Street Journal
Washington Post

Journalists and Political Bloggers

Dahr Jamail's MidEast Dispatches
David Crisp's new blog
David Crisp, Billings Blog
Ezra Klein, Washington Post
George Packer, Interesting Times
Informed Comment
James Fallows
Jared Bernstein
Jeff Masters' Wunderblog (weather oriented)
Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo
Kevin Drum
Matthew Yglesias
Nicholas Kristof
On the Economy: Facts, Thoughts, and Commentary by Jared Bernstein
Robert Reich
Scott Horton, No Comment
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Taibblog, Matt Taibbi
The Civil Rights Cold Case Project
The Rural Blog
They Gave Us a Republic
Think Progress
Tom Ricks, The Best Defense (blog on national security)
Truthdig
Washington Monthly, Political Animal

Personal Blogs: People Doing Their Thing

Gardening

American Community Gardening Association
Arizona Plant Climate Zones
Arizona Planting Guides, Regions 4-6
Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Home and Garden
Black Gold: High Desert Vegetable Gardening
Gardeners with Attitude
Gardening in Georgia
Georgia Drought
Georgia Perimeter College Botanical Gardens
National Gardening Association--Regional Reports
Oakhurst Community Garden
Renee's Garden
Springerville, AZ, Monthly Climate Summaries
The Cook's Garden
Vegetable Garden Callendar for Georgia

Labels

personal (139) photos (97) gardening (84) personal--reflections (42) Barack Obama (40) personal reflections (37) national politics (34) Louisiana gardening (31) economy (31) pollinator garden (24) torture (22) 2008 presidential race (19) Arizona gardening (19) partisan politics (19) vote 2012 (19) Republicans (18) politicians--Sarah Palin (18) war on terror (17) politics (16) pollinators (16) Bush administration (15) Georgia (15) cats (15) war in Iraq (15) butterfly garden (14) presidential campaign 2012 (14) environment (13) Bush Administration--torture (11) Politicians--John McCain (10) crafts (10) personal--crafts (10) poetry (10) seasons (10) vote 2008 (10) 2008 Democratic Convention (9) Louisiana (9) Victory Garden (9) financial industry (9) politics and religion (9) racism (9) Mitt Romney (8) books (8) financial crisis (8) Republican party (7) conservation (7) government shut-down (7) personal--family history (7) personal--holiday (7) Iran (6) Republican ideology (6) bees (6) government services (6) holiday (6) nature (6) quotations (6) the South (6) Georgia gardening (5) Sarah Palin (5) canning (5) chickens (5) climate change (5) environment--climate change (5) healthcare reform (5) honeybees (5) religion (5) tomatoes (5) British tabloids (4) Civil War (4) Family history--Armstrong (4) John McCain (4) Texas (4) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (4) Wall Street (4) birther conspiracists (4) federal employees (4) finance (4) garden pests (4) gay marriage (4) international politics (4) journalism (4) news reporting (4) presidential campaign 2008 (4) presidential election 2012 (4) pseudo-journalism (4) sexism (4) snow (4) vegetables (4) women's rights (4) Affordable Care Act (3) Andrew Breitbart (3) Arizona (3) Arizona pollinators (3) Arizona trails (3) Arizona wildflowers (3) Atlanta (3) Atlanta--drought (3) Bill Clinton (3) Decatur Book Festival (3) Democrats (3) Dick Cheney (3) Elizabeth Warren (3) Environmental Protection Agency (3) Fox News (3) General Petraeus (3) George Bush (3) Government--war in Iraq (3) Guantanamo Bay (3) Hillary Clinton (3) Hurricane Ike (3) JPMorgan Chase (3) Michelle Obama (3) News of the World (3) Newt Gingrich (3) Rupert Murdoch (3) Senate (3) Seneca (3) abortion (3) actors (3) arugula (3) bumble bees (3) consequences of war (3) education--teaching (3) election 2012 (3) food (3) grief (3) hacking voicemail (3) healthcare (3) james Fallows (3) lobbyists (3) military (3) movies (3) new year (3) pesticides (3) politicians-- John McCain (3) presidential race 2008 (3) reporting (3) science (3) silliness (3) slavery (3) taxes (3) wealth (3) wildflowers (3) 2008 Democratic Convention speech (2) 2008 Republican Convention (2) 2016 presidential race (2) 9/11 (2) Andrew J. Bacevich (2) Aurora Colorado shooting (2) Barack Obama's 2008 Democratic Convention Speech (2) Barack Obama's judgment (2) Barack Obama's patriotism (2) Barack Obama's second presidential term (2) Big Branch Marsh (2) Black Friday (2) Bruce Bartlett (2) Bush administration and climate change (2) Bush administration--Department of Justice (2) Bush administration--environment (2) Bush administration--propaganda (2) Bush administration--vice president (2) CIA (2) Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee (2) Civil Rights (2) Dodd-Frank Act (2) Donald Rumsfeld (2) Douglas A. Blackmon (2) Douglas Blackmon (2) Election Day 2008 (2) FBI (2) Goldman Sachs (2) Government--FDA (2) Hurricane Katrina (2) Jamie Dimon (2) Joan Walsh (2) John Kerry (2) Lindsey Graham (2) Matt Taibbi (2) McCain campaign (2) Middle East (2) News Hour (2) Paul Broun (2) President Obama (2) President Obama and hate (2) Republican extremism (2) Republicans--Rush Limbaugh (2) Republicans: education (2) Rupert Mudoch (2) Shirly Sherrod (2) Susan Boyle (2) Voltaire (2) agribusiness (2) anniversary (2) anthrax (2) bile (2) bitterness (2) campaign ads (2) campaign donations (2) campaign finance (2) cancer (2) climate change denial (2) conservatism (2) cooking (2) corporate welfare (2) debt ceiling (2) ecology (2) election 2016 (2) entitlements (2) environmentalists (2) fall garden (2) gun violence (2) habeas corpus (2) haiku (2) hate (2) health care reform (2) jobs (2) justice (2) kayaking (2) lies (2) maurice sendak (2) meat industry (2) medicine (2) military outsourcing (2) misogyny (2) personal--racing (2) pets (2) philosophy (2) political ads (2) political dog whistles (2) politicians--Jim Martin (2) politicians--Max Cleland (2) politicians--Saxby Chambliss (2) politicians--scandal (2) prayer (2) presidential race (2) rape (2) reading (2) recipes (2) regulation (2) scandals--Department of Justice (2) separation of church and state (2) stupid comments (2) super-pacs (2) tea party politics (2) teaching (2) the 47% (2) the End Times (2) townhall meetings (2) unemployment (2) unintended consequences (2) unmanned drones (2) urban gardening (2) voter ID (2) voters (2) voting (2) work (2) writing (2) 2008 Democratic Primary (1) 2012 Democratic National Convention (1) AIG (1) ANWAR (1) Abraham Lincoln (1) Adkisson (1) Adnan Latif (1) Ahmadinejad (1) Al Gore (1) Al-Qaeda (1) Alain de Botton (1) Amanda Jones (1) Ambassador Crocker (1) American culture (1) Andrew Tobias (1) Apache National Forest (1) Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest (1) Arizona Senator Russell Pearce (1) Armand Bayou Nature Center (1) Atlas Shrugged (1) BP Gulf oil spill (1) Babylon 5 (1) Bank of America (1) Barbara Pym (1) Barry Estabrook (1) Bayer (1) Big Pharma (1) Bill McKibben (1) Blackwater (1) Bob Herbert (1) Bobby Jindal (1) Bollywood (1) Bruce Ivins (1) Burkean conservatism (1) Bush administration--Endangered Species Act (1) Bush administration--White House china (1) CEO compensation (1) CEO severance package (1) Casey Anthony (1) Cass Sunstein (1) Cassandra King (1) Catholic Church (1) Charlie Gibson (1) Chris Matthews (1) Clean Air Act (1) Colin Powell (1) Concerned Women for America (1) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1) Daily Mail (1) Darth Sidious (1) David Brooks (1) David Frum (1) David Weigel (1) Dekalb County (1) Democrats--presidential inauguration (1) Department of Interior scandal 2008 (1) Donald Trump and environmental policies (1) Edwards aquifer (1) Epictetus (1) Eugene Allen (1) FEMA--Katrina (1) Fannie Mae (1) First Amendment (1) Frank Rich (1) Fred Barnes (1) Freddie Mac (1) Frontline--Lee Atwater (1) GOP (1) General Allen (1) George Packer (1) George Sodini (1) Georgia --gun law (1) Georgia 10th Congressional District (1) Girl Scout cookies (1) Girl Scouts (1) Grover Norquist (1) Haley Barbour (1) Harold Camping (1) Helis Oil and Gas (1) Hiroshima (1) Hormel (1) Internet (1) Iraq war (1) J.P. Morgan (1) Jack Abramoff (1) Jane Austen (1) Janis Owens (1) Jill Kelley (1) Jim Cramer (1) Jim Crow laws (1) Joanna Trollope (1) Joe Arpaio (1) John Barry (1) John Dean (1) John Graves (1) John Yow (1) Jon Stewart (1) Joseph E. Stiglitz (1) Joseph Petro (1) Katie Couric (1) Keating Five (1) Kevin Drum (1) Laura Bush (1) Leonard Everett Benton (1) Leroy Percy (1) Louisiana--education (1) Malalai Kakar (1) Maliki government (1) Marcus Aurelius (1) Maria Sibylla Merian (1) Mark Bittman (1) Masha Hamilton (1) Matt Steinglass (1) Matthew Alexander (1) Matthew Dowd (1) McLaughlin Group (1) Medicaid (1) Memorial Day (1) Michael Fumento (1) Michael Lofgren (1) Michele Bachman (1) Michele Bachmann (1) Michelle Alexander (1) Mideast policy (1) Mike Connell (1) Mike Lofgren (1) Mississippi River (1) Mississippi River flood (1) Mousavi (1) Nagasaki (1) Nathan Deal (1) National Defense Authorization Act (1) Nazi Germany (1) New Orleans (1) Niall Stanage (1) Nobel Peace Prize 2009 (1) Norman Ornstein (1) Obama gratitude (1) Obama presidency (1) Obamacare (1) Occupy Nashville (1) Occupy Wall Street (1) Ohio election fraud (1) Old South Democrats (1) PBS--Frontline (1) Paul Ryan (1) Paula Broadwell (1) Paulson (1) Peter Orszag (1) Peter Singer (1) Phil Gingrey (1) President Obama's birth certificate (1) President Obama's second term (1) Presidential inaugural speech 2013 (1) Quotations--Aldous Huxley (1) Rachel Maddow (1) Ralph Reed (1) Rebekah Brooks (1) Republican and Democratic convention speeches (1) Republicans for Obama (1) Republicans--Bush administration (1) Republicans--Georgia (1) Republicans--Jim O'Beirne (1) Republicans--Ken Adelman (1) Republicans--Nancy Pfotenhauer (1) Rev. Welton Gaddy (1) Review--end of year (1) Rick Bragg (1) Rick Perry (1) Rick Santorum (1) Robert Scheer (1) Rod Blagojevich (1) Roger Ailes (1) Roland Burris (1) Rolling Stone (1) Rrederick Bourdin (1) Russia (1) Ryan Lizza (1) Science fiction (1) Scots-Irish culture (1) Secret Garden (1) Senator Reid (1) Shadrack McGill (1) Sharron Angle (1) Sonia Sotomayor (1) Sonny Brewer (1) Southern Baptist Convention (1) St. Tammany Parish (1) Steven Seagal (1) Susan Rice (1) Ta-Nehisi Coates (1) Taliban (1) Tecumseh (1) Texas tallgrass prairie (1) Texas--education (1) The New Jim Crow (1) The New Yorker (1) Thomas Frank (1) Thomas Geoghegan (1) Timothy Geithner (1) Tom (1) Tom Delay (1) U.S. Forest Service (1) USDA (1) Walker Percy (1) White House (1) White Mountains (1) Whole Foods (1) Will Percy (1) YouTube (1) Zarqawi (1) aging (1) alexander wilson (1) alternative fuels (1) anti-Christ (1) anti-science (1) apostate Republicans (1) art (1) auto accidents (1) baking (1) ballots (1) benzene (1) bicycles (1) bird adventures (1) birth control (1) birtherism (1) blue mass pill (1) books--Africa (1) books--science (1) bosses (1) butterflies (1) celebrity (1) cell phones (1) citizen science (1) citizens' rights to bear tomatoes (1) college search (1) colony collapse disorder (1) commemorating (1) commencement speakers (1) community colleges (1) congress members (1) contractors (1) corporate bonuses (1) corruption (1) critics (1) david wagoner (1) de-regulation (1) death (1) delta flower scarab (1) democracy (1) detainee abuse (1) dinosaur fossils (1) dinosaurs (1) domestic novels (1) dreams (1) drought (1) ecological disaster (1) education reform (1) education--vouchers (1) employment (1) environment--Tennesee coal spill (1) environmental quality (1) eyewitness accounts (1) fail-safe (1) family history--Dobbs (1) family history--Schlobohm (1) farm subsidies (1) feminism (1) filibuster (1) financial reform (1) fiscal responsibility (1) flag pins (1) for-profit prisons (1) fossil hunting (1) fossils (1) fracking (1) freedom (1) fuel standards (1) garden room (1) gasoline shortage (1) gay rights (1) geology (1) global warming (1) government--waste (1) greed (1) gun control (1) gun laws (1) hate speech (1) health (1) health insurance (1) heirloom vegetables (1) heroes (1) high school counseling (1) hikes (1) home (1) hope (1) hydraulic fracturing (1) illegal immigration (1) immigration laws (1) irony (1) john mackey (1) judgment (1) labor shortage (1) language (1) law enforcement (1) legislation (1) letter-writing (1) liberal media (1) liberals (1) linda hirshman (1) local (1) management (1) mark sanford (1) mass murderers (1) media bias (1) medical--corruption (1) medical--drug companies (1) menhaden (1) militarized police (1) militarizing police (1) military commissions act (1) military scandals (1) miscellaneous (1) national wildlife refuge (1) native bees (1) native plants (1) natural resources (1) new blog (1) new home (1) news story--interesting (1) night sky (1) nostalgic exotic plants (1) novels (1) nuclear war (1) obesity (1) onions (1) oranges (1) outdoor activities (1) paleontology (1) partisan reporting (1) patent law (1) patriotism (1) personal--reflections Tom (1) pet peeves (1) pharmaceutical industry (1) pigs (1) pinata (1) plant patents (1) police (1) police state (1) political donations (1) political language (1) political signs (1) politicians (1) politicians--Joe Biden (1) politicians--John Edwards (1) politicians--Michelle Bachman (1) politicians--wingnuts (1) politicis (1) politics of conservation (1) poll tax (1) pollution (1) ponzi schemes (1) poverty (1) power (1) prejudice (1) presidential endorsement (1) prisons (1) proverbs (1) public discourse (1) public figures (1) public lands (1) pundits (1) race (1) racial disparity in incarceration (1) racing (1) recession (1) red-winged blackbirds (1) religious fundamentalism (1) religious narrowmindedness (1) relilgion (1) repurposing (1) research (1) resources (1) retirement (1) rich get richer (1) right-wing terrorists (1) road trips (1) robo calls (1) scandals--Monica Goodling (1) school prayer (1) seafood (1) second amendment (1) secretary of transportation Mary Peters (1) seed patents (1) seed-patenting (1) september 9/11 (1) sex scandals (1) small-town values (1) stereotypes (1) storm tracking. (1) swine flu (1) teacher's pay (1) teenage drivers (1) television (1) the American lawn (1) the Drug War (1) the Rapture (1) the kill list (1) the poor (1) the troops (1) timber industry (1) tort reform (1) torture hearings (1) transportation (1) turkey farm (1) twins (1) university costs (1) upcycling (1) values (1) vice-presidential debate 2008 (1) victims of the Aurora Colorado shooting (1) violence (1) voter heckling (1) votes (1) voting fraud (1) voting rights (1) water quality (1) water use (1) weather (1) wetlands (1) widowhood (1) winter (1) wireless industry (1) women's bodies (1) wordle (1) world trade (1) writers (1) zuniceratops (1)

Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.