I never sat down today! After coffee, breakfast and pet care, I ran off to a mid-day pickleball open play session I had committed to, then dashed back home and worked for several hours (at my stand-up desk; I literally cannot work sitting down), then I dashed off to an evening of pickleball that I had been invited to by some friends, and then on my way home I saw that a bunch of my neighbors were out on the street with flashlights and got a text that they were looking for one of our neighbors’ dogs, who had been missing for a few hours.
Naturally, I joined the search. Well, I will tell you that it didn’t look good. First of all, the fact that it was pitch dark and the dog had already been gone for quite a while was a bad sign. It’s a very tiny dog. Our neighborhood is near a highway on one side and is surrounded by woods and rugged terrain that houses a lot of coyotes, owls, raccoons and other dangerous predators.
A bunch of us searched and called for a very long time. I walked out along the highway, fearing what I would find. But someone had to. I walked to some other neighborhoods. Finally, I let my neighbor know I was headed home and to please let me know if he got his dog back.
But there’s a happy ending to the story! The dog owner posted on the Nextdoor app. And several hours after finding the dog, a couple posted that they found a dog on the Nextdoor app. Someone saw both of the posts and got the people connected. Whew!
Why didn’t the people who found the dog do something to find the owner earlier? Good question. Evidently the had a commitment to go play volleyball and didn’t have time until they got back home!
So that was my day — literally on my feet and moving for about 14 hours.
And the only pictures I have to show for the day are a picture of my pickleball friend’s dogs and one of a Halloween decoration I saw in a yard while looking for my neighbor’s dog.
Aren’t they cute? They watch us play.
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My bio: I am a fiction writer and photographer based in Minnesota. I have had a lifelong love of fiction writing. I am earned my MFA in writing from the University of New Hampshire. My short stories go de have appeared in a range of literary journals and anthologies, and my first short story collection, Somewhere in Minnesota is available on Amazon US as well as international Amazon sites., Barnes & Noble or from the publisher.
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