MissMeliss | November 11, 2008
In an ideal world, I’d have spent Veterans day writing something sweet about my grandfather, who was a career Army officer, and later taught at West Point’s signal school, which is actually in New Jersey. Alternatively, I’d have spent the day writing letters to my adopted soldiers CV and TL who are each in different [...]
Category: General, Zorro Dog |
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MissMeliss | November 10, 2008
Spanish speakers would tell you that the word “zorro” means “fox,” but if you capitalize it, and give it to a dog as his name, sometimes it turns out to mean “champion” instead.
It was ten years ago today, on a cold and rainy, wretched November day when my stepfather called me from work. “Melissa,” [...]
Category: Creative Nonfiction, Writer's Island, Zorro Dog |
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Tags: Champion, Dogs, Pets, Prompted, Writer's Island, Zorro
