Author Archives: Val

DSM-IV* (Clinical Syndromes) CBA (not otherwise specified)

Posted on 6 January, 2010 by Val

(* Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition) I have spent an inordinate amount of time over the last few days reading other peoples’ blogs. Shame on me, when I should have (could have) been writing my own. … Continue reading →

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Resolutions Schmesolutions

Posted on 1 January, 2010 by Val

Well here we are. It is 2010. A year which still sounds to me as if it belongs in a science fiction future. But, somewhat surprisingly, it seems to have turned up here and now, on this very day. And … Continue reading →

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Hair Today…

Posted on 29 December, 2009 by Val

How come no one told me about puppy fur? What I really mean is, why didn’t I know that, within a few months of getting our adorable, cuddly, fluffy puppies, all that adorable, cuddly fluffy fluff would fall out and … Continue reading →

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Nothing Special

Posted on 26 December, 2009 by Val

So. Christmas Day has come and gone. And all that pre-Christmas confusion I felt about the nature of the event has evaporated in the relaxing glow of Life After Christmas. I no longer feel the need to delve into my … Continue reading →

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Brain Freeze

Posted on 21 December, 2009 by Val

My, doesn’t time fly when you’re filling it with endless trips to the North Pole to break ice on frozen water buckets and take food to cold, hungry animals that have no way of getting their own, because some bugger … Continue reading →

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Left to my own (de)vices

Posted on 16 December, 2009 by Val

One of the very few things that I resent about our bouncy puppies is that they have robbed me of the regular chance to experience one of the greatest pleasures in Life. It isn’t that I really mind getting up … Continue reading →

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