January 2, 2025

Computer has officially
exited her shark era;
turning a solid three-years-old,
she is no longer a puppy who will bite
everything she can get her teefies on.
so we celebrated by having a long walk
in her shark halloween costume,
playing in the park
with her best dog friend,
and getting an ice cream
and a new shark toy
once home again.
and she celebrated the way she does
every other day —
by being the happiest,
most tail-waggedy,
puppiest puppy
we’ve ever seen.

[even if the shark era has ended, i believe
the puppy era will continue on
forever]

January 2, 2024

today is Computer’s birthday
turning two
on january 2
sillily pouncing on plastic bags,
wild-eyed licking her treats she gets,
sadly lying under the table
in her cute yellow hoodie
matching with her kips
just another day…
and yet
a big one too —
a grown a-dog
[that’s a grown adult dog, if you
didn’t know already]
but she’ll always be
Puppies
to me
[to both of us really]

January 2, 2023

happy birthday to this
scruffy
little
bundle of
joy
menacing
hassles
shedding
playfulness
whining
dozens of different barks
slightly uneven eyes
thumping tail
reverse mustache
ear fluff
too much intelligence for her own good
scratching and digging
and so much destruction
silliness
and sleepy belly time
love
healing
harmonizing
floopy ears
and genetically terrible knees

[and at only one year old
that’s just the tip of the
puppy iceberg]

Happy Birthday, Computer!!!