The Displaced Cactus

Adventures of a former desert dweller transplanted to Washington

Tag: corgis

  • Time to Blow Off the Dust

    Time to Blow Off the Dust

    Remember three years ago when I said I was going to restart this blog, made a post about Restaurant Week, and disappeared again? It turns out, I may have been optimistic about my ability to return to blogging. A few factors were at play. One is that the job I was working at the time…

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  • Goodbye Maggie

    Goodbye Maggie

    A sad post script to last week’s post. Our sick little Maggie dog did not recover from her holiday illness. We took her to the vet ER on Christmas day and made the difficult decision to have her put to sleep on Wednesday. Maggie was diagnosed with lymphoma just a week after Chris, the corgis,…

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  • Happy-Ish Holidays

    Happy-Ish Holidays

    They say that one of the biggest problems with social media is that it inspires you to compare your life to the glamorized version of your friends’ lives. Perhaps nothing brings that out more than the holiday season. My Instagram and Facebook foods are overflowing with holiday posts. “Here’s my beautiful Christmas tree!” “Wow, what…

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  • What Life is Like When You Have Corgis

    What Life is Like When You Have Corgis

    Did you know that I have two corgis? If you don’t have corgis yourself, you may have wondered what it’s like to have these wonderful, zany little dogs in your life. You may be wondering if you should add a corgi or two to your own family. Let me share a few of my own…

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