D O T Y B L O G      

Back when I was a candidate, my blogging was generally limited to politically-themed commentary on my own candidacy, my opponent, and issues of the day. It was a rare thing to digress into a more personal topic. The loss of my dog Bandon was the topic of one of the rare personal posts. I reintroduced her in last week's DogBlogging. The original post brought me back into contact with Jen, who I'd known back in the early '90s. We have a lot in common and have, since April, reconnected in a major way. Part of what urged her to contact me then was a similar loss of a dear dog friend.