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Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, apartments, Charleroi, COVID-19, Magic town, Move Everyday, taxes
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Mental Health is real health. . .
by dpankiewicz
Dear World, We are all in this together. We are all on this one sweet world and no matter how many miles away we may be from from Sao Paulo, Tequisquiapan, Laguna Beach, Malaysia, Warsaw, Sicily or Wuhan we are all fighting this one coronavirus. Globally some of us still have very high Covid-19 infection rates. In first world countries we are still facing, over stressed hospitals, lockdowns, disconnected social networks, vaccine hesitancy, or lack of vaccine distribution. In third […]
Categories: 2021, ALS, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, COVID-19, Raleigh
Phoebe’s first 60 days.
by dpankiewicz
I know some people like to start their new roles on the right foot. Some dog’s may not let out their true colours until after they have found their comfort within a new pack. Looking back on that first week, struggling to get Phoebe’s leash on before she bolted. Those first few days sleeping on the couch downstairs so she could be in the same space at night with me. First it was the chair across the room from me, […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, ALS, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, Broadway, Charleroi, Columbus, COVID-19, Destin, Lindaey, Lindsey, Magic town, Move Everyday, phoebe n crosby, Pittsburgh
Starting with Mother Earth this Mothering Day.
by dpankiewicz
Phoebe and Crosby wanted to practice gratitude for Mother Earth with a mindful walk through their favorite bark. Despite all the best efforts of the neighborhood dogs to kill the grass and everything else that blooms with excess nitrogen in our front lawn we are blooming. The rain of this week has only helped bring out the May blooms. Why does this really matter? It puts into perspective our human existence on this amazing planet. When we compare our time […]
Categories: 2021, Charleroi, COVID-19, Holidays, phoebe n crosby, Pittsburgh
Leslie knows caulking. . .
by dpankiewicz
Go ahead ask me what we did this weekend? There is nothing like starting your weekend with a tree down on the power line from the high winds and no lights or heat in the cottage. There is also nothing like committing to 3 competitive soccer games on a Saturday afternoon. If only everything lined up in Karns City instead of Munhall the hybrid driving would not have been needed. Needless to say heading to the city allowed for the […]
Categories: 2021, ALS, Brady's Bend, COVID-19, Move Everyday
Celebrate we will. . .
by dpankiewicz
For life is short but sweet for certain, especially when we look back at the past few years, there is only one way to live each day . . .With peace, love and gratitude. . .
Categories: 2021, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, Charleroi, COVID-19, Eat Real Food, Move Everyday
Prayers, mantras, therapy and cliches. . .
by dpankiewicz
What do you say to yourself each morning? Dear Evan Hansen today is going to be a good day? @iamicaniwillido? Give yourself room to bloom? Our Father Who Art in Heaven? I welcome any tools that come to me to add to my toolbelt? – Dear Evan Hansen, Christine D’Ercole, The Heart Revival, Luke 11:2, Me On this 19th Day of April 2021, I realize my journal check-ins have been irregular and very disjointed. I’ve been processing several different things […]
Categories: 2021, ALS, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, Charleroi, Columbus, COVID-19, Cupid, Dave Matthews, Destin, phoebe n crosby, Pittsburgh, Raleigh
Duck season, rabbit season, soccer season, vaccination season.
by dpankiewicz
Spring is springing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the waters are stocked, it’s open season for vaccines and we need to keep wearing our masks, even as we celebrate another year of Brady’s Bend Township on 16-APRIL 2021. Observations from Brady’s Bend Spring has sprung up with an allergic reaction for me these past few weeks. There is something magical about all the trees flowering and my eyes wanting to stay closed. Spring soccer is starting. Phoebe and Crosby are […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, ALS, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, Charleroi, Columbus, COVID-19, Cupid, Move Everyday
Let sleeping dogs lie.
by dpankiewicz
It’s Sunday morning and the pups have been out for their first walk. Ms. Crosby is good with just a half mile after breakfast followed my a nap during CBS Sunday morning. As a senior elkhound Crosby will still take to snowy trails for a mile or more, because the snow brings out her inner puppy. She’s trying to teach her adopted sister Phoebe to learn to slow down a little, but at 10 years YOUNGER than Crosby, Phoebe is […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, Charleroi, COVID-19, Magic town, Move Everyday, Pittsburgh
Time to turn over a new page.
by dpankiewicz
If you’ve been following along, the Spirit of Reba has been carrying us on for just over the last two years. Crosby recently reminded us that even old dog’s need new friends. Thanks to this little nudging from Ms. Crosby we started looking for a new addition to her pack. We didn’t have to look far, since Bridge to Home Animal Rescue has been going to West Virginia, Tennessee and other states to help abandoned pups and kittens find new […]
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Losing baby weight with my hot mama. . .
by dpankiewicz
We are beginning week four of life with Ms. Phoebe. When we first adopted Phoebe, we realized she had just given birth to a bunch of pups around the beginning of 2021. She had just stopped nursing and the pups were getting adopted before her. Since Ms. Phoebe has joined our house, I’ve begun the post-baby weight workouts with her two times per day. Ms. Crosby is usually good for one of the two big workouts, but at almost 15 […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2019, 2021, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, Charleroi, Columbus, COVID-19, Magic town, Move Everyday, phoebe n crosby
Ms. Reba must have picked Ms. Phoebe…
by dpankiewicz
I always knew when something went missing from the kitchen counter Reba and Crosby somehow were involved. While Crosby was always a little younger and shorter, the assumption is Reba had the stealth leaping ability. Whenever we were home Reba would rarely jump on the couch, but when we were out for the day she always would sleep on the couch. It’s only been a few weeks with life under Ms. Phoebe’s spell, but it is quite evident she has […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, COVID-19, Daisy and Dakota, taxes
Name the year and the lady who was celebrating a birthday. . .
by dpankiewicz
There are days where I have the energy to write and think about what’s important in the world we live in, especially with the limitations for travel under the Covid-19 Pandemic. Today was a day to play tech support, look for old files and start something technical for 2021. In the process I found these little gems from when we could travel the high seas on a cruise ship. I don’t really know any of the stories behind these photos […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, COVID-19, Holidays
Ms. Phoebe has joined Crosby’s pack.
by dpankiewicz
A full year into the Covid-19 Pandemic and Crosby has finally had it. After lock down’s and no humans flying off to leave her with Uncle Dennis & Paula or Aunt Linds, Ms. Crosby wasn’t sure she could mentally handle being the only dog in the house to spread her magical fibers of love. There is such a thing in the dog world where one doge can really be tired of being around her humans too much. Ms. Crosby reached […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, ALS, Aspinwall, Brady's Bend, COVID-19
Ms. Isla on Ice.
by dpankiewicz
Neville Island March 14, 2021 Yesterday we had the US Olympic Trials for Speed Skating from UTAH and the distance winner was from Crestview, FL Today we had a figure skating competition on the Olympic Rink at RMU Island Sports Arena and the winner was from just over the hill from Neville Island, Ms. Isla from Kennedy Township, PA. As we learned on the call yesterday, it’s a little tougher to tell a figure skater in her costume than a […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, COVID-19, Pittsburgh