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Around and Around and Around We Go!

11/28/2018

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Hello Everybody!!
This past week has been a
 ROLLER COASTER RIDE
ACROSS THE HILLS AND DALES
of
MY NEIGHBORHOOD!
We spent the week putting up my flyers
AND
visiting many schools and reading my book.

This picture was in a storefront window in the
MILFORD OVAL
HERE IN N.H..
The owner JORDAN  said, YES TAKE THE PICTURE
AND PUT THE FLYER IN THE PAW OF THE CREATURE.
He said this picture was painted by the
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
at
MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL!
Very cool, huh?
THANK YOU JORDAN!
GREAT JOB MILFORD STUDENTS!


It has been an interesting week all!
We are getting ready again for our next book event at the
Toadstool Bookstore in Milford N.H.
on Saturday Dec. 1 a 3:00.


I GET TO GOOOO!
I GET TO GOOOO!


I am very excited!
It will be the


VERY FIRST TIME

that I get to

PUT MY MARK IN MY BOOK!
How cool is that?

You can see the picture above
of the
MILFORD OVAL
Small New England town,
a circle with a small park and gazebo
with all the stores
ALL AROUND!

YOU GET THE PICTURE?
YES, WE DO!



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They told me all about it
GOING
ROUND, AND ROUND, AND ROUND.

They talked to so many

REALLY COOL PEOPLE!

They visited AAron at A & D Compuer
who built their computer at home for them.
NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL
A TECHIE!

Don't you
JUST LOVE IT
CHICKA BOOM, CHICKA BOOM,

when you have something done with computers
AND IT IS DONE
CORRECTLY
THE VERY FIRST TIME?

Aaron said he had two little kids at home and would,
CHECK IT OUT!
Thank you Aaron!!



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Thank you to the Children's Librarian
Trina McLenon,
at the Wadleigh Library in Milford
for putting our flyer up


RIGHT AT THE FRONT DESK.

Thank you for the folks at the
RED ARROW DINNER
for putting up our flyer
RIGHT ON THE EXIT DOOR
SO EVERYBODY COULD SEE IT

as they left the restaurant.






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Thank you for the folks at the Union Grill who said "Of Course, put it right in the window!".
And the folks at the Cafe on the Oval (Papa says the best breakfast place in town),
who said "of course, and we will tell our patrons ALL ABOUT IT!"
Thanks to Irene at the Jacques Memorial School for helping us be able to pass out the flyers at the elementary school. Thank you Bonnie at the Mont Vernon Village Library for posting our flyer.
At the Antique Co-op, they not only took the flyer,
but showed us some very cool Dachshund furniture
created by Stephen Huneck
from Dog Mountain in Vermont.
And
MUCH GRATITUDE to the many other businesses that took our flyer and helped
"The Adventure of Dharma Doxie" get out there!
WHOO HOO! And thank you all!

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And so from
ALL OF US,
CHELL, PAPA, JUDI, MAGGIE
and of course myself
DHARMA
to all of you,
GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE
for helping our book make its way in this
BIG O'L WORLD!           Love  Dharma Dharma





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Caroline and me!

11/25/2018

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What a great time
 at the
 Peterborough Toadstool Bookstore!
I mean I met so many great kids who came

JUST TO SEE ME!!

WHOO HOO!!

The picture you see here was drawn by one little
girl who's name was Caroline.
She drew the picture

JUST FOR LITTLE OLD ME!

HOW SO VERY SWEET.

She was

SOOOOOOOOO

DISAPPOINTED

when she heard Dharma was coming on Saturday.
She had a track meet
AND
COULD NOT COME.

HOW SAD.

WHEN I HEARD THE STORY
IT ALMOST MADE ME CRY!


But then
we had a
BIG O'L
NEW ENGLAND
SNOW STORM
ON FRIDAY

AND
WHOO HOO
she got a
SNOW DAY!

Them kids must have been doing their
SNOW DANCE
ALL DAY ON THURSDAY!


And so,
because of that,
her track meet for Saturday was cancelled
so she got to come.
How cool is that?

We all got to learn
and
SING MY SONG TOGETHER!!


WE ALSO
RAFFLED TWO BOOKS OFF AND THREE T-SHIRTS
and generally had a
WONDERFUL TIME!


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OTHER STORIES?

Sarah came to our little event and was telling us all about her puppy Jude, who was from Indiana, and
CAME IN A PLANE
JUST LIKE ME
TO LIVE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I never met another dog that came on an
ADVENTURE PLANE BEFORE.

I will be very happy to put your story
in my BLOG Sarah.
SEND IT ALONG!
And if you have a picture of your dog,
EVEN BETTER!

Then there was
Wendy who came by also and was telling us about her long haired dachshund.  Send us a story Wendy and I will put it in my BLOG!!


And finally,
the cutest little girl you ever saw,
with a
KITTY EARS HEADBAND
on
who
CAME JUST TO
SING ALONG WITH ME!
Her
MOST ENDEARING NAME
is Odelia and she
is only five.
Hello Odelia!!


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This is Scott and Me
At Toadstool on the 17th.

Scott brought his
little daughter Bridgid
who is 9 years old

JUST TO MEET ME!

Scott told Mama all about Sasha
their
GOLDEN RETRIEVER MIX
who lived at THEIR home.
You can see,
I am very interested in what
Scott has to say.

AND I AM GETTING READY
TO GIVE HIM
A BIG OLD SMACK.


He identified himself on the information sheet Papa passed around as
THE OLD GUY
KISSING DHARMA!


I LOVED
EVERY SINGLE BIT OF
MY DAY THERE!!
WHAT FUN!

WHOO HOO!!





And so I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving Holiday.
Here is our turkey giving a
GREAT BIG
GOBBLE GOBBLE HELLO!

Our friends who came to visit brought him along with them.

HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL.

And everybody, please SHARE Dharma's stories with anyone you know.
I WILL
LOVE YOU FOR IT!

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Love and Kisses!
Dharma Dharma!
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IGA and me.

11/21/2018

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Here we are
 IN Cape May New Jersey.

 We are
 GETTING PIZZA
 and you say,
OKAY LIKE,
WHO CARES?


  I am watching Mama and Papa through the front window of the truck
as they are sitting at a table waiting for their
TAKE OUT.

SUDDENLY
THERE IS THIS WOMAN NEAR
PAPA'S SEAT,
THE DRIVING SEAT
AND SHE IS,
I THINK,
KISSING THE WINDOW.


OKAY I think, that is kind of
INTERESTING,
BUT
WHAT THE HEY,
WHY NOT?


So Papa comes out because he does not know what is going on
and this is when we meet
IGA AND MATTHEW!!

IGA and Matthew are from New Jersey.
The first thing she says to Papa
is

I AM FOR DOGS 200%!!

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT!!


At home, IGA and Matthew have Daisy.
She is a doxie Pomeranian mix
that they got from N. Carolina.
On this day they are on a little road trip into southern New Jersey.

So my Papa,
EVER THE GENTLEMAN
says
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET OUR LITTLE DHARMA?

They were so happy to meet me.
IGA
WAS NOT KISSING THE WINDOW!


SHE WAS KISSING ME!!

HAH!!
Don't ya just love it
chicka boom chicka boom!!
Ha Ha!

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And so I hope you enjoyed the pictures of us all together.
Hello to IGA and Matthew. I hope you are well. Let me know how Daisy is doing!
I hope you all enjoyed my little story.
Dharma Hugs!
Dharma Dharma

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Yippie Kya Little Doggies!

11/21/2018

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HELLO ALL.
Here I am sitting in the doorway
 of our little camper
 wondering at
 the sight
that is before me.
IT IS A PONY!
WHOO HOO!


We are camping
at
Assateague National Seashore
which is in Maryland.


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Mama and Papa
and I
and Merlie Boy
went to the seashore
and
HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.

IT WAS
50 degrees out.
WE HAD BLUE SKIES
 THE COLOR OF ROBIN'S EGGS.

WE SAW SEALS IN THE SURF
AND
SPENT HOURS AT THE CAMPSITE
WATCHING THE FIRE AT NIGHT.
I MEAN
HOURS.


THE SKY WAS SO FULL OF STARS
with
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM
TWINKLING
JUST LIKE
LITTLE STARS.


We
WALKED THE BEACH,
COLLECTED SEA SHELLS,
HORSE SHOE CRAB SHELLS
TALKED TO FOLKS
AND
JUST ENJOYED BEING TOGETHER.

HERE IS PAPA
CALLING TO US.
COME ON UP
AND
SEE THE VIEW!
YOU COULD SEE THE SEALS
PLAYING IN THE SURF.

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My favorite story
from camping at Assateague?

On our second morning there
Mama is
FEEDING US HOUNDS.

THIS PONY,
THE SIZE OF SOCKS
OUR OLD COB PONY

came to visit
while Mama was getting her and Papa's breakfast.

I was in my little pen,
Merlin was out by the fire pit,
and Mama was in the camper,
for only a brief second.
When she looked up she saw this pony in the window
and this pony,
NOT A LITTLE GUY YOU CAN BE SURE,
had found our dog food bucket.
You know the kind?
Plastic with a screw top.
THIS BIG BOY
had the bucket
on the ground
AND
HE WAS POUNDING IT.


I MEAN SLAMMING
IT WITH HIS RIGHT HOOF.

KABANG, KABANG, KABANG.

I guess he thought that there was some food in it that
HE MIGHT LIKE TO
WOOF UP,
GOBBLE,
SLOBBER OVER.

WELL YOU GET THE DRIFT.


So Mama comes out and waves him away and
out he heads,
to join the herd of ponies at the next camp site.

So she then goes back into the camper.

 I AM LIKE,
NO MAMA,
NO,
DON'T LEAVE ME!
BARK BARK BARK BARK.


She comes running
right out.

OUR GUY IS BACK!

This time,
HE IS EATING THE REMAINS OF
Merlin's food.
A couple of tablespoons
was left on
the picnic table
in his dog food dish.
THAT PONY ?
HE
WOOFED IT UP


and knocked Merlin's dish
under the picnic table.

I guess he thought,
Hmmmmmmmm,
food,
a dinner dish,
my height
WHY NOT!

So Mama waved him away and removed
all of the
POSSIBLE PONY FOOD
at this time
because as she knew
PONIES CANNOT DIGEST
DOGGIE FOOD.

I am sure the pony
DID NOT AGREE!
BUT MAMA KNEW BEST.




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Dharma's Do's?
Do
go traveling with your dogs.
THEY WILL LOVE YOU FOR IT.

Do check out the Ponies at the
ASSATEAGUE NATIONAL SEASHORE
but
REMEMBER
Keep your doggie food put away.
Dharma Hugs!
Dharma Dharma!

ASSATEAGUE AT SUNSET
Papa went off with his camera to take pictures and comes running back. Without a word he grabs Mama's hand and pulls her to follow him to the top of this high dune. They spent the remains of the light, looking over the dunes, INTO THE WEST, and watched the sun go down. Mama said it was VERY SWEET.

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Where do I begin? South Philly KOA!

11/10/2018

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Here is today's
  DOXIE TALE!
 I hope you enjoy it.

South Philly
 KOA Campground.
Yowza!
What a great time.

Did I tell you that my Papa was a
West Philadelphia Speed Boy?
Been born and raised in the city of
Brotherly Love
and
Sisterly Affection.

Anyway,
it was great to meet new friends at the
KOA IN SOUTH PHILLY.

Here I am with Mama and Auntie Monica
and
Cousin Bentley.

Did you know that my family is huge.
I mean
HUGE!!
Everyone I meet is a
LONG LOST COUSIN,
A DISTANT AUNT OR UNCLE,
OR SOMEONE
THAT I DID NOT KNOW
I WAS EVEN RELATED TO
UNTIL I
MET THEM!

I LOVE BEING A DOXIE!

GUESS WHAT?
BENTLEY
is going through
Socialization School
JUST LIKE ME!

His Mama,
my LONG LOST AUNTIE MONICA
calls him a
DASHHOUND.
That is so cute.
Auntie Monica said that they
had gotten him
in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country
here in Pennsylvania
only a little bit more than a year ago.

Anyway,
when Bentley and I
first saw each other
it was like the
KNOCK DOWN AT THE KOA CORRAL!!
I mean
HIM AND ME
we were
FLYING AT EACH OTHER.
So Mama sat down
and she helped
Auntie Monica
 and 
Bentley
and Me
all learn to
GET IT
about each other.
And though we are not
long lost buddies,
we definitely
learned a few things
WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER.

Like, yeah, its okay not to go
SCREAMING LIKE A BANSHEE
after someone you don't know.

A better way to look at it it to realize
that sometimes
a doxie stranger,
is just a friend, or a relative,
you haven't met yet.

A little side story here.
One one of Mama's morning walks at the campground
she met Sue and Ollie.
Sue said
"it was the face that did it".
His face was so endearing.
She could not resist
BRINGING HIM HOME.
She eventually ended up with two doxies.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT DACHSHUNDS?
Anyway, Sue was from Long Island.
She said that Ollie was so tenacious
that once when they moved, and his crate was not set up yet,
they tied him to a 2 by 4 piece of wood in the yard
to keep him in one place.
They learned quickly,
that if he was left alone,
that he could be seen,
dragging that 2 by 4
half way down the street.
 FUNNY  HUH?

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Here is me and
Monica
and
Bentley.
You can see Bentley
likes to lick a lot
also.


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Here I am with Uncle Donnie.
He told me that Bentley has his own
BOOSTER SEAT.
And that he loves sitting in his seat
AS THEY ARE
TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE!!

Uncle Donnie said he and Auntie Monica and little Bentley,
LOVED attending
THE WIENER DOG RACES
down in Savannah Georgia.
The things you learn!
I LOVED THAT
BEING
A
GEORGIA GIRL
MYSELF!
We had so much in common.
LITTLE DID WE KNOW.

Anyway, their Bentley,
he can see
right outside those front windows
OF THAT
BIG O'L RV
from his BUMPER SEAT.
HE LOVES IT!!

Donnie and Monica are WORKAMPERS
at the KOA that
we stayed at.
They are originally from Arkansas
and have traveled around the whole country.
I MEAN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
It is all very cool.

The Donnie and Monica Family
are learning new things about
doxies
EVERY SINGLE DAY.

We loved being there
at the
SOUTH PHILLY KOA
and are definitely
GOING BACK.

When we WAVED THEM GOODBY
they were in EXPECTATION
of their grandson,
little Zaydon
who was coming to visit,
all the way from
Savannah Georgia
to stay until
THANKSGIVING.
HELLO
LITTLE ZAYDEN!!
What FUN that will be!
I AM jealous.

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I am so excited here, I am ready to pee the floor. My Papa is coming over to say
HELLO Dharma Dharma!!

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You can tell that my Papa loves me.
Which is so cool
because
he never grew up with dogs.
But he LOVES ME!!

And so goodbye for today.
I hope you liked my story.
Hello to Auntie Monica, Uncle Donnie and cousin Bentley.
I hope you have safe travels to your next
HOME ON THE ROAD.
Keep in touch.
Love,
DharmaDharmaDoxie

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    Chell Sommese is a retired teacher.
    The Adventure
    of Dharma Doxie

    is her first book.

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