remembering baskie
after a lifetime of adventures, snackins, and snoozin... bask (baskie, basque, baskieboy, buddy, budster, lovechop, bladder of steel, breath of death) passed away on apr 6th, 2007.

he is very missed.
Labels: bask baskie dogs, baskie, dogdogdog, dogs, heartbreak, video

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:: Friday, March 23, 2007 ::

filmmaker, moi?
well, videographer at any rate...thanks to ramin (or his place of werk, anyhow) -- i present to you, my maestrapeace: death to juice box box! (or kehoe's many loves). plus, i gotta keep up with the web 2.0 hoopla and get video on my blog...right?
Labels: bask baskie dogs, jumpcut, kehoe, new black, video, web 2.0

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:: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 ::

spring, sproing, sprung
spring is (officially) here at last. march is being march, and vacillating between gorgeous summer weather, and winter rainy nonsense (and that's just in one day). but somehow that's appropriate for me. change is afoot, and i'm trying to ride it and stay positive (instead of my usual head-in-the-sand reaction).
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sweet lovechop
a coupla weeks ago, i said goodbye to baskie boy. sweet beasty lovechop. turns out that he's gotta fairly advanced (and aggressive) form of cancer, kidneys and lungs so far. it was heartbreaking and hard, at least in part because it's very much the end of an era, and part of a bigger letting go.

baskie being his stoic self, it was hard to see that anything was wrong. he's still the big lug who'll leap with amazing grace at any treat (and gulp it down with frightening alacrity). his eyes are as bright and as mischevious as always. it's his body that betrays his ailments. normally a dog fountain, now it's a struggle for him to produce even just a drop or two. when we first got there, he couldn't get up off the slippery lineoleum floor. but he was all too happy to hold court in the kitchen, wolfing down treats, and the occassional finger.

in some ways, i'd already made my peace (as much as i know how) with baskie's passing. but i was thankful for the chance to see him (with kehoe and loo) one more time.
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waltzing outrigga
made the happy connection (finally) last night about waltzing and paddling. people have been telling me for ages that the rhythm is like a waltz (ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three), and something clicked last night.

it wasn't perfect, but there were moments when everything was in alignment -- the boat paddled as one, the sunset was golden and pink and gorgeous behind the golden gate, and i was working hard enough to keep my nose running, and most of my body warm.
Labels: bask baskie dogs, change, outrigger, paddling, spring

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:: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 ::

sweet baskie
(i can't even explain this. suffice to say, he's a lovely, beastly, lovechop...)
Labels: bask baskie dogs, dogdogdog, heartbreak

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