wine country dog ezine ™: Kennedy without Splash

winecountrydog speaks

TILIN CORGI 1997-2014

I am Tilin, a Welsh corgi and wine country dog, aka @winecountrydog.

I started pawin the puter and dooin social media in 2008, after I had life-saving back surgery and had to sit-stay to recover. That is when I came to create wine country dog ezine™ — an independent pet-ezine.

My ancient self does have a few health pawblems, but my ortho surgeon gave me a chance to walk again. Other good vets and Mum have helped too. Myself goin wobbly but strong toward 17th BD in November 2014.

Luv to paw-write and tweet, and travel to meet new furriends and nice humans. Some of them write about wine or craft beer or food and health. Wine country has got nommy fresh whole foods and farmers markets. And wine country means most effurrywhere in world these days eh.

You find that my furbro, Jackie Nippers Corgi, does sometimes join me on adventures and on twitter. Our beloved Ani Meezer rarely does.

All three of us were rescued from diffurrent circumstances. Furbro is a "breeder rescue." We doo encourage adoption of furriends from good animal rescue charities.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Howlo. I am Jackie Nippers Corgi (aka pawlitico™).

You may find me on walkies with furbro Tilin Corgi, and out at wine tastings and regional food adventures up and down Pacific coast. Sometimes on social media with furbro. We like to paw-write tasting notes for wine and food.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Our thanks to Mum (aka winecountrydogma™) for editing, web dev, photography, pro fact-checking, and for grrreat homemade whole food meals. Mum is trained in D.A.R.T. and helps us paw out animal rescue info during disasters.

Text and images are copyrighted © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 by winecountrydog™. All content is original. All rights reserved. Do not republish on or off the internet without our written permission. Our email address is winecountrydog [at] gmail.com.

July 10, 2008

Kennedy without Splash

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy returned to Congress on July 9th without his dogs, Sunny and Splash. Sen. Kennedy was determined to be present to vote "Aye" on a healthcare bill to block a 10% cut in Medicare payments to doctors.

Sunny and Splash must miss wandering around Capitol Hill as much as the senator does. Whether you love Sen. Kennedy or not, two things are clearly loved by the senator: his Portuguese Water Dogs and his congressional work.

People who remember the JFK era probably watched the broadcast of Sen. Kennedy's July 9th Capitol appearance with some emotion. His niece "little" Caroline was accompanying him. In 1963, people say, TV networks around the world showed young Caroline accompanying her mother, the late Jackie O, to her father's funeral services.

All of the third-generation Kennedys are gone now except Sen. Ted and sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who in 1968 founded Special Olympics. Earlier this year, Congress honored her by renaming NICHD the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.

I guess these two humans have always liked kids and dogs. As Sen. Kennedy told the Washingtonian in 2006, "Splash sat through the markup for the 'No Child Left Behind Bill'." Sunny and Splash got to attend many important congressional meetings when they weren't sleeping under the senator's desk.

Nowadays Sunny and Splash just hang out in Cape Cod waiting for legislative action. At least they got in a little sailing the day their senator came home from the hospital.

I wonder whether Splash is working on another book like the children's book he wrote with Senator Kennedy. He called it My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C. I heard he could use a few paw tips about storytelling, but he means well. As does Ted Kennedy, I spoze.