L. R. Trovillion

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I started these short “ruminations on life” called White Dog Walks because many of my best ideas came to me while walking my pooch, Sitka. Being a white dog (a husky, German Shepherd, Norwegian Elkhound mix) she is a guardian, spiritual guide, and harbinger of peace according to many cultures around the world. I’m not so sure about that—especially that last one since she is pandemonium on paws—but I do derive a lot comfort and inspiration from having her...

It is almost the end of August. Summer always goes so fast.

These days, however, I see August as a transition month. It still has one foot in summer with the hot weather and long-awaited vacations, but the other foot has a few toes over the line into fall. Kids are buying new supplies and heading back to school, the stores are pushing pumpkin spice everything already, and my plants are starting to wilt. (Maybe because I’ve lost interest in watering them.)

August is a gateway. It is funny how we...

Note: The picture is AI created as an illustration.

Happy Friday! (a few days late)

Today on my White Dog Walk I revisited the theme of fear addressed in an earlier post, BUT today I thought more about assessing risk which leads to fear.

Before fear has you in its icy grip (cliché alert), your mind has quickly evaluated the environment, the threat, the danger, or whatever risk that pushes your response into fight, flight, or freeze mode.

A lot of that...