Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Harvest Moon<\/p>\n
Reframing.\u00a0 Work on\u00a0 containment of the puppies requires reframing.\u00a0 If I don’t begin to see these as interesting challenges rather than more damned work<\/strong>, I’m gonna be one frustrated guy.\u00a0 This morning Rigel appears, wandering around in the orchard.\u00a0 This is after a professional fence was installed.\u00a0 GRRR.<\/p>\n My next move may be granite paving blocks.\u00a0 Tough to dig through and a neighbor has a bunch of them for sale.\u00a0 This is chess, doggy escapism and single-mindedness against the more flexible human intellect.\u00a0\u00a0 I win a move, then they win one.\u00a0 This will, eventually, wind down as the puppies mature, become more sedate, less struck by wanderlust.\u00a0\u00a0 It is, of course, this very energy that makes puppies so compelling, so lovable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Harvest Moon Reframing.\u00a0 Work on\u00a0 containment of the puppies requires reframing.\u00a0 If I don’t begin to see these as interesting challenges rather than more damned work, I’m gonna be one frustrated guy.\u00a0 This morning Rigel appears, wandering around in the orchard.\u00a0 This is after a professional fence was installed.\u00a0 GRRR. My next move … Continue reading Puppy Chess<\/span>