i tried posting this romantic little picture on twitter last night & something went haywire. this is rooney chula, my brother's new pup. a slight sense of nostalgia here since i grew up w/a lab of very similar qualities. scarlet was the light that lit up my day's until a tragic accident took her away from me, for ever. any---rooney will now officially usher in a new generation of chula folk & labs, we go very well together, like mornings & coffee, like saturdays & (european) football, like vegetable pad thai & a pint, like dark chocolate & hot orange tea at night, like you & this blog, like me & things, like mates & memories, like pods, like dogs, like word games, like fridays, like days off, like weeks off, like getting it, like sending it.

i'll be around.