tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.comments2024-03-13T16:31:40.720-06:00North Wapiti BlogKaren Ramsteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654825468754407614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4948125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-68232664929013559472019-07-22T07:17:29.575-06:002019-07-22T07:17:29.575-06:00Good luck. Farm and sheepies sounds fun.Good luck. Farm and sheepies sounds fun.Janice a.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-2361244821037403202018-11-09T18:49:47.165-07:002018-11-09T18:49:47.165-07:00Thanks so much for your updates Bet. I was beginni...Thanks so much for your updates Bet. I was beginning to wonder if you had lost your blogity-blog-blogging talent. Glad you are not completely retired!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-17118836567515937132018-07-09T08:29:17.882-06:002018-07-09T08:29:17.882-06:00I'm so sorry Karen. I remember our talks about...I'm so sorry Karen. I remember our talks about him and how highly you thought of him. <br />BrendaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008815989370805923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-17576736701785590192018-07-09T08:20:07.486-06:002018-07-09T08:20:07.486-06:00Gentle wooooos,
Nuk & TimberGentle wooooos,<br /><br />Nuk & TimberTimberLovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273078876037010647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-73666948424680803922018-07-09T01:54:18.274-06:002018-07-09T01:54:18.274-06:00Some of you, particularly those who think they hav...Some of you, particularly those who think they have recently lost a dog to ‘death’, don’t really understand this. I’ve had no desire to explain, but won’t be around forever and must.<br />Dogs never die. They don’t know how to. They get tired, and very old, and their bones hurt. Of course they don’t die. If they did they would not want to always go for a walk, even long after their old bones say: ‘No, no, not a good idea. Let’s not go for a walk.’ Nope, dogs always want to go for a walk. They might get one step before their aging tendons collapse them into a heap on the floor, but that’s what dogs are. They walk.<br />It’s not that they dislike your company. On the contrary, a walk with you is all there is. Their boss, and the cacaphonic symphony of odor that the world is. Cat poop, another dog’s mark, a rotting chicken bone (exultation), and you. That’s what makes their world perfect, and in a perfect world death has no place.<br />However, dogs get very very sleepy. That’s the thing, you see. They don’t teach you that at the fancy university where they explain about quarks, gluons, and Keynesian economics. They know so much they forget that dogs never die. It’s a shame, really. Dogs have so much to offer and people just talk a lot.<br />When you think your dog has died, it has just fallen asleep in your heart. And by the way, it is wagging its tail madly, you see, and that’s why your chest hurts so much and you cry all the time. Who would not cry with a happy dog wagging its tail in their chest. Ouch! Wap wap wap wap wap, that hurts. But they only wag when they wake up. That’s when they say: ‘Thanks Boss! Thanks for a warm place to sleep and always next to your heart, the best place.’<br />When they first fall asleep, they wake up all the time, and that’s why, of course, you cry all the time. Wap, wap, wap. After a while they sleep more. (remember, a dog while is not a human while. You take your dog for walk, it’s a day full of adventure in an hour. Then you come home and it’s a week, well one of your days, but a week, really, before the dog gets another walk. No WONDER they love walks.)<br />Anyway, like I was saying, they fall asleep in your heart, and when they wake up, they wag their tail. After a few dog years, they sleep for longer naps, and you would too. They were a GOOD DOG all their life, and you both know it. It gets tiring being a good dog all the time, particularly when you get old and your bones hurt and you fall on your face and don’t want to go outside to pee when it is raining but do anyway, because you are a good dog. So understand, after they have been sleeping in your heart, they will sleep longer and longer.<br />But don’t get fooled. They are not ‘dead.’ There’s no such thing, really. They are sleeping in your heart, and they will wake up, usually when you’re not expecting it. It’s just who they are.<br />I feel sorry for people who don’t have dogs sleeping in their heart. You’ve missed so much. Excuse me, I have to go cry now.<br /><br /><br />Ernest Montague told DogHeirs, “I wrote this several years ago in memory of Bolo, a black and white Pit Bull who would always go for a walk, right up to the day he died. He might only get 15 feet before he stopped and looked at me and gave me the look: ‘I can’t go any further. But don’t you think for one minute I’m done walking.'”<br /><br />Sorry X is sleeping...<br />Blessings, jane eagle<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-21676542988170162372018-07-08T23:40:36.396-06:002018-07-08T23:40:36.396-06:00I'm really sorry, Karen. What an Xceptional b...I'm really sorry, Karen. What an Xceptional boy, who certainly fought the good fight - for many years! <br />BarbaraBarbara Bennettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-31552336550686382342018-07-08T22:37:31.283-06:002018-07-08T22:37:31.283-06:00So sad to lose a most Xcellent teammate. So sad to lose a most Xcellent teammate. Pat in MNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-81599430635020385902018-07-08T20:48:17.085-06:002018-07-08T20:48:17.085-06:00So, sorry. Husky hugsSo, sorry. Husky hugsholly and the huskieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07632923940079234257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-54411059357118701352018-07-08T20:37:07.793-06:002018-07-08T20:37:07.793-06:00I am so sorry Karen. He is a beautiful soul.I am so sorry Karen. He is a beautiful soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-67821866644033418582018-06-10T19:12:29.869-06:002018-06-10T19:12:29.869-06:00well said, Agree 100%well said, Agree 100%BILL BORDENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-58810867908233078622018-06-09T13:54:40.388-06:002018-06-09T13:54:40.388-06:00as an outsider but avid fan, I see this as propaga...as an outsider but avid fan, I see this as propaganda material for those seeking to destroy this race altogether. It's like making a rule that says if I beat my wife again, I'll go to jail. Well, I never beat her in the first place, but now the perception is the rule was needed to prevent it from happening.<br />I wouldn't want to be those in charge of deciding rules for this race, but I don't myself see where this rule was necessary. And I do see the harm it may cause. <br />But that's just from an outsider. You know, those they're depending on to support the race. Finns Popshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298598016148617386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-88453489962819826402018-06-09T12:36:19.295-06:002018-06-09T12:36:19.295-06:00Absolutely most mushers care, or they wouldn’t spe...Absolutely most mushers care, or they wouldn’t spend the hours loving, training, finding the right diet, scooping poop, sitting up nights with a sick dog. I have seen it, and I have no doubt mushers care, they love their dogs and sometimes the worst happens. Our pets die unexpectedly, through no fault of ours, and all we can do is grieve. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878004223229340770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-77343288592818693792018-05-26T06:03:03.686-06:002018-05-26T06:03:03.686-06:00Congrats Karen, on conquering another milestone. I...Congrats Karen, on conquering another milestone. I would have liked to have been there. You continue to inspire me!Pat in MNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-82238557955631042292018-05-24T07:39:07.091-06:002018-05-24T07:39:07.091-06:00Your next challenge is to write your life story in...Your next challenge is to write your life story in a book! I’m sure it would be a best seller for a good number of reasons. When it’s released I’ll be first in line to buy one :) Congrats on your speech/presentation and jumping over that hurdle in the graceful way that you do :)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599670011838646786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-155289418183992372017-11-03T12:53:26.316-06:002017-11-03T12:53:26.316-06:00thank you thank you. i have been thinking I know...thank you thank you. i have been thinking I know no good ghost stories to elll around a fire...these will do well.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900728893900078464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-71529635212664206052017-10-21T00:44:19.617-06:002017-10-21T00:44:19.617-06:00Can't wait to see the new calendar. I want 10...Can't wait to see the new calendar. I want 10 - great gifts.Pat E in MNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170229570450143661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-84062175250853820252017-08-08T21:22:24.982-06:002017-08-08T21:22:24.982-06:00THANK YOU! I completely agree. I love to rock skir...THANK YOU! I completely agree. I love to rock skirts and it always confuses people. I never understand why. You can still be badass and wear skirts. Like you said, wear whatever makes you feel great! Thanks Karen!Brandi Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895498751283087336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-6970581560579142762017-07-04T12:20:49.166-06:002017-07-04T12:20:49.166-06:00I am so sorry to learn of Barq's passing. Than...I am so sorry to learn of Barq's passing. Thank you for the opportunity to be a Co-Sponsor to support your Iditarod runs. ElizabethMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435559147923880598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-55814882860264845302017-05-23T09:30:41.025-06:002017-05-23T09:30:41.025-06:00Hey Bet will there eventually be North Wapita Cool...Hey Bet will there eventually be North Wapita Coolie ensembles available for purchase?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590082480806577814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-23748006814440095522017-05-23T09:28:37.757-06:002017-05-23T09:28:37.757-06:00That's terrific! Hey Bet....will there be Nor...That's terrific! Hey Bet....will there be North Wapita Coolie fan ensemble thingies for us to buy at some point?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590082480806577814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-12103119943557250382017-04-20T05:15:03.465-06:002017-04-20T05:15:03.465-06:00Love hurts sometimes, especially when saying goodb...Love hurts sometimes, especially when saying goodbye. Grief stays with us but in time it's joined by memories and smiles. I'm so sorry, Karen.Marie Elksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-5152895452351673772017-04-15T17:40:24.302-06:002017-04-15T17:40:24.302-06:00good girl! Bet!good girl! Bet!Malka Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856572145776105411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-56674627362157715502017-03-23T00:14:42.741-06:002017-03-23T00:14:42.741-06:00So very hard to lose your 'heart dog'. I ...So very hard to lose your 'heart dog'. I feel for you. ;-( <br />Evelyn in Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-17321384466552294822017-03-22T22:28:25.540-06:002017-03-22T22:28:25.540-06:00Yeah!Yeah!Dogs 'n Birbs 'n Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208049198587596984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960268082908671136.post-21869814928558417252017-03-22T20:30:10.769-06:002017-03-22T20:30:10.769-06:00The only reason that I can see someone posting a j...The only reason that I can see someone posting a judgemental comment about someone being "High-Maintenance" would be to make themselves feel better about being judgemental. It shouldn't make any difference, since it's going to be either you or your husband or both keeping up the "maintenance."Louisenoreply@blogger.com