The Border Collie Chronicles
Observations from (arguably) the World's Smartest Dogs;
(but, without question, the bestest friends!)
or, Life As We Understand It, as told from dad's shop.
Gall … Unsaid.
Gall died in dad’s arms on October 4, 2017 after 11.5 years of
keeping us company and keeping us safe!
There were some articles in the works from Ms. Gall that will
ultimately get published and credited to her, but we also had a lot of
unpublished photos and a number of quotes that were tagged with her name
and were planned on being used as inspiration for a future Gall story or
companions to stories. We
just wanted to share a few of these with ya’ll as a final nod to our
superstar athlete.
GALL:
aka Baby Gal, aka Killer (isn't that a
combination??!!), aka R2, aka Girlfriend, aka Flash, aka Buppy.
She was Roo's #1 pup and was the smallest (and most ferocious) of all of
them! She mostly liked people - it was just any kind of animal
(outside of the crew) that she had a hard time tolerating. Gall
was extremely intelligent, extremely sweet and she seemed timid - but
stand between her and her appointed job (or critter ... or wherever she
wanted to be) ... WATCH OUT!!!
Here's to my Sweet Baby Gall!
Some Gall-esque Quotes
In Dog Beers, I’ve only had one!
One of dad’s T-Shirts, given to him by JC
Whenever it is in any way possible,
every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which
he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.
The art of living easily as to money is to pitch
your scale of living one degree below your means.
The man who does not work for the love of work but
only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.
You know what you call a bunch of snowflakes hanging out
with each other?
A Snowstorm!
If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.
Clayton Williams (Yeah,
you knew we had too! Cost the man a Governorship! … but he still
believes it!!!)
We've gotten to the point where everybody's got a right and
nobody's got a responsibility.
Newton Minow
The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is
repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us
that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.
Johnson
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness
to put it into words is all that is necessary.
Margaret Cousins
Money is not a good motivator for me ... It is an excellent equalizer,
though.
I got a feeling about political
correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying
what we think.
Hal Holbrook
The only lifelong, reliable motivations
are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is
the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you've just done something
as well as you can do it.
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