So fellow travelers, yesterday was one of those days when the stars aligned to make an impossible schedule suddenly possible. A slight change in the crew schedule for this week’s Drumline competition allowed me to head out to the rescue first thing in the morning to honor the memory of a rescue angel who gained […]
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Sunday’s at the Rescue: an Angel gets her wings.
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 1, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/sundays-at-the-rescue-an-angel-gets-her-wings/
The Call of the Wild: Embracing the Heart of a Warrior
So fellow travelers, an amazing Spirit has returned to the Great Wilds. Frieda was artist Maria Wulf’s guardian Spirit Dog. Her amazing story, is chronicled in author Jon Katz’ book Second Chance Dog. It is the kind of journey which Joseph Campbell describes as living mythology. I have had the great good fortune to spend […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on February 20, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/the-call-of-the-wild-embracing-the-heart-of-a-warrior/
Sunday’s at the Rescue : Making Friends
So fellow travelers, I came across this wonderful painting called Just The Two of Us by artist Joe Hawthorn. Dogs are frequent characters in his work and naturally, as a volunteer dog walker and rescue dog “mom” those always catch my eye. Here is what Joe had to say about Just The Two of Us: “JUST THE […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on February 17, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/sundays-at-the-rescue-making-friends/
Shared Post: Love Held Close
So fellow travelers, a truly special guest post today. This link will bring you to a moving and beautiful poem about the love we have for our companion animals written by the talented Kate Rantilla, a fellow Creative Bedlam Group member, someone I am also blessed to call friend and Spirit Sister. Kate is one […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 14, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/shared-post-love-held-close/
Setting Love Free
My friend and creative mentor Jon Katz had to let his sweet dog Lenore go today, taken by a recently discovered painful tumor in her spine. Her death was a sudden and unexpected blow to all of the Bedlam Farm Community. It is impossibly difficult to say goodbye to Love. These words came […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 8, 2015
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On a Gorge-ous Adventure : Part Two Calm Before the Storm
So fellow travelers, we return to the shores of Cayuga Lake on the way to beautiful Robert Treman State Park. It took two repair calls to get the camper on the road, the first crew having arrived without the necessary tools. Who shows up on a roadside assistance call without jacks or tire irons? No […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 30, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/on-a-gorge-ous-adventure-part-two-calm-before-the-storm/
What a Difference a Year Makes- conclusion
So blessed readers the story of my journey as a rescue volunteer continues. As previously noted, rescue work is a volatile and fractured topic to write about. Proceed with caution. No one looks back at the past with unclouded vision. While time often brings insight which helps us understand what has occurred, it also tempers […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 12, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/what-a-difference-a-year-makes-conclusion/
Of Jamaican dogsled runs
So blessed readers, a little change of pace for this post, prompted by an Olympic moment and 12 days of Lake Effect snow. Out of sheer desperation, a few weeks ago I spent the better part of the day shoveling a path through our back yard, along our neighbor’s fence to get to the street […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 8, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/of-jamaican-dogsled-runs/
What a difference a Year makes: Part 2
So blessed readers the story of my journey as a rescue volunteer continues. As previously noted, rescue work is a volatile and fractured topic to write about. Proceed with caution. It is a sad fact of our society that thousands of healthy adoptable animals are ethuanized everyday. For every life saved by rescues, there are […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 7, 2014
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What a difference a year makes: Part 1
So blessed readers this post has been a few months in edit mode. Its a significant part of my journey and its telling was a challenge. Rescue work is a volatile and fractured topic to write about. Proceed with caution. About three years ago I was looking for a way to keep active during the […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 2, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/what-a-difference-a-year-makes-part-1/