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And so this is Christmas
This is our first year in our new home, our new city, our new state. Christmas has been weird since my dad passed in 2011. It hasn't...
Lori Nanan
Dec 21, 20232 min read
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The strange calm of estrangement
I haven't spoken to my mother since the day my father died. On that day, that terrible day, she tried to tell my brother and I that he...
Lori Nanan
Sep 25, 20234 min read
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Healing is not a straight line
Over the past couple of days, I've seen things on Facebook (🙄) that previously would have thrown me for a loop. My heart would have been...
Lori Nanan
Aug 16, 20232 min read
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Ch-ch-ch-changes.
Almost exactly one week ago to the hour, I landed in Maryland. The first step towards a new life in Baltimore. My husband, my dog and I...
Lori Nanan
Jul 27, 20233 min read
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Hot take: your dog isn’t having as much fun as you think
I have long held what is clearly an unpopular opinion: your dog does not need to go everywhere with you. Because I've lived in a tourist...
Lori Nanan
Jun 5, 20234 min read
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Healing and pecorino
I've been home from a week in Italy for just over a week now. I've spent most of that time nursing a cold made worse thanks to jet lag....
Lori Nanan
May 2, 20235 min read
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You'll Never Know.
You'll never know how alone he is. You'll never know the darkness he overcomes almost daily. Darkness that could swallow other people...
Lori Nanan
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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31 Days Away.
As a bit of a New Year's resolution, I decided to take an Instagram hiatus. To make it doable, I set a goal of going Insta-free for the...
Lori Nanan
Jan 31, 20235 min read
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Suddenly I see
I woke up early this morning to the sound of a thud, the sight of a magazine rack and colorful pages scattered on the floor. In a dream,...
Lori Nanan
Jan 7, 20238 min read
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They can’t all be lying. Right?
I've been thinking a lot about the changes I've experienced the past few years. Thinking about how back in 2018, I felt like I would...
Lori Nanan
Dec 23, 20224 min read
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My dog is getting old.
Hazel started limping yesterday for seemingly no reason. Interestingly, I had been thinking about how she hadn't done the little hop-skip...
Lori Nanan
Dec 14, 20226 min read
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I didn't want to. I did it anyway.
I really didn't want to go to the gym today. My husband is away for 2 weeks, and I have assigned myself many tasks to complete in his...
Lori Nanan
Nov 2, 20223 min read
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WHAT is happening?
"...I'll be sitting here, in the same spot, still idle, when you get back" I think to myself when my husband yells up to my "office" to...
Lori Nanan
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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Juxtaposed
Recently, I've been thinking a lot about juxtapositions. This started because a couple of weeks ago, I put my cat to sleep on a Monday...
Lori Nanan
Oct 4, 20223 min read
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The Truth About Love
The other day, a friend told me about a bit from the comedian Marc Maron's show. Apparently, Maron is a cat lover and has some thoughts...
Lori Nanan
Sep 18, 20228 min read
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My Disappearing Digital Footprint
When I left my part time job and subsequently closed my business in the dog training industry, I foolishly deleted a lot of the work I...
Lori Nanan
Sep 6, 20222 min read
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UNSETTLED
This piece was originally published on Medium in May, 2020 (It’s also only ever been edited by me, so all errors, grammatical or...
Lori Nanan
Feb 9, 20226 min read
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Fear Cutting Your Dog’s Nails No More
This blog originally appeared on Your Pit Bull & You, a nonprofit I ran from 2013-2018. How to Cut Your Dog’s Nails Without Causing Them...
Lori Nanan
May 10, 20206 min read
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Five Tips To Successfully Trim A Dog’s Nails
Earlier this week, I recorded a podcast (Animal Training Academy Training Tidbits) and I was asked what were my five top tips to...
Lori Nanan
May 10, 20203 min read
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The Nail of the Dog
A version of this blog was written for Your Pit Bull & You, the nonprofit I ran from 2013-2018. It served as the inspiration for Nailed...
Lori Nanan
May 8, 20207 min read
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