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Serious Goofing Off

On January, 2004October, 2012 By Peter WatkinsIn 2004Leave a comment

Dear Will: The new year brings with it a new routine for my Sundays. Because our ward shares its smallish building with another, we must alternate between the 9 a.m. to noon schedule and the 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This year it’s our turn to congregate in the afternoon, and frankly I don’t like …

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Furball of Mayhem and Destruction

On December, 2003October, 2012 By Peter WatkinsIn 20031 Comment

Dear Will: Ask our kids “What do moms need?” and in dissonant unison they will moan: “Order.” That simple truth has been drilled into them like a catechism. Which is only one of the reasons why it is so hard to understand why in the world we ever agreed to get a dog. Correction: Furball …

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The Safest, Surest Course

On September, 2003October, 2012 By Peter WatkinsIn 20031 Comment

Dear Will: Last month we caved in and finally got our daughter Bryn a dog. She had been working us pretty steadily for nearly a year, a no matter how many obstacles we threw in her way, she still seemed to find a way around them. You might say she was doggedly determined. So as …

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