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Hersch Wilson
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Mar 9

Dog Attacks? It’s a Human Problem

When I was nine, I stood at the bottom of our driveway in suburban Minneapolis, waiting for the school bus. I was alone. From across the street, our neighbor’s two dogs saw me, sprinted across the road, and attacked me, dragging me down. Fortunately, quickly after the attack started, the…

Dogs

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Dog Attacks? It’s a Human Problem
Dog Attacks? It’s a Human Problem
Dogs

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Feb 9

Our Dogs lose the “Best Dog on the Road” contest.

Since 1948 the Westminster Dog show has paraded the “best of breeds” on national television. It is highly choreographed, and even though I have wished for a tiny moment of dog chaos, I have never seen a dog misbehave. Our favorite breeds — Bernese Mountain dogs, Great Pyrenees, and, um…

Dogs

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The Best Dog on the Road. . .Were not ours. . .
The Best Dog on the Road. . .Were not ours. . .
Dogs

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Jan 30

Chased by a Crucifix up Imogene Pass

This sound: “Clunk, clunk, clunk,” is forever imprinted in my neural network. A note that will help understand the following story. I am not a religious person. I am ex-Catholic. That means while not going to Mass or following the church’s precepts, part of me remains that faithful eleven-year-old altar boy…

Running

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Chased by a Crucifix up Imogene Pass
Chased by a Crucifix up Imogene Pass
Running

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Jan 23

We Need to Move, Run, Walk, and Lift Things

“I sing the body electric. . .” wrote Walt Whitman. A high school basketball player. He takes three steps and leaps in the air for a layup. He makes it and returns to earth, his shoes slapping the hardwood floor. He is unaware that he is all grace, muscle, and…

Athletes

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We Need to Move, Run, Walk, and Lift Things
We Need to Move, Run, Walk, and Lift Things
Athletes

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Jan 12

The Science of “Fetch” or why your dog drives you crazy returning that tennis ball. . .

In the 2004 movie “Spanglish,” the new housekeeper, played by Paz Vega, is told never to throw a ball to the family’s Lab, named Chum. In the middle of the movie, while she’s distracted taking English lessons, she forgets and inadvertently tosses Chum’s favorite ball into the next room. Chaos…

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The Science of “Fetch” or why your dog drives you crazy returning that tennis ball. . .
The Science of “Fetch” or why your dog drives you crazy returning that tennis ball. . .

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Dec 12, 2022

Casper and the Coyotes

When coyotes are in the national news, it’s usually not good. This last month a coyote attacked a two-year-old in a Los Angeles suburb as she stood by her family’s SUV. As the coyote tried to drag the child away, the dad threw a water bottle, and drove the coyote…

Dogs

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Casper and the Coyotes
Casper and the Coyotes
Dogs

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Oct 13, 2022

The Coyotes of the Ancient Arroyo Hondo Pueblo

Come back with me in time and space. The time is the 14th century CE, and the place is the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo. Six miles north was Ogapogee, or “The White Shell Water Place,” which now sleeps under downtown Santa Fe. To the south was the Pueblo Alamo, destroyed by…

Animals

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The Coyotes of the Ancient Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
The Coyotes of the Ancient Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
Animals

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Aug 12, 2022

Thunderstorms! Escape Artist! My Dog is Worse than Your’s!

One of the most inconvenient calls possible is from a neighbor in the middle of the night with information that your dog is at their house scratching on their door. It is even more interesting when you are not home and on a ten-day out-of-towner to visit family: Daughter and…

Dogs

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Thunderstorms! Escape Artist! My Dog is Worse than Your’s!
Thunderstorms! Escape Artist! My Dog is Worse than Your’s!
Dogs

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Jun 2, 2022

The Raisin Bombers and Help for Ukraine

The Raisin Bombers and Help for Ukraine June 2nd, 2022 The war rages on, not close to shuddering to an end. My colleague Bill Daniels reminded me of this story. First, the background: It was 1948, after World War II (or for Russians, the end of The Great Patriotic War). …

Ukraine

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The Raisin Bombers and Help for Ukraine
The Raisin Bombers and Help for Ukraine
Ukraine

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May 12, 2022

We need more Star Throwers

It starts with a morning in Santa Fe. It was Sunday morning, a little after seven. I was driving through town. It was the time before the wind began to blow and the temperature would rise. All through town, taking advantage of the cool morning, individuals were walking their dogs…

Santa Fe

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We need more Star Throwers
We need more Star Throwers
Santa Fe

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Hersch Wilson

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Writer. Retired Firefighter. Dog Lover. Buddhist Beginner.

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