Playlist for 2/5

Rosalia - Lux

Beatles - Anthology 4

Beatles - Anthology Episode 9

Paul Anka: His Way (Documentry) 

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Documentary) 

Colter Wall - Memories and Empties

Ken Pomeroy - Cruel Joke

Crystal Gayle - Somebody Loves You

Anne Murray - Together

Dick Feller - Some Days are Diamonds

Lefty Frizzell - Classic Style

Steve Young - Honky-Tonk Man

Jerry Jeff Walker - Ridin' High

Oxford American Southern Music Issue #27 Austin Live - Various

For Our Una (2012-2026)

  The day after Una passed away was a rough one.  The house was too quiet.  My routine of taking care of the dog's daily needs was gone.  I still couldn't grasp that she won't be back. She spent the night with someone I said.  Or she's outside running around.  But she'll be back in the house, I know she will.  There are now reminders everywhere of Una.  Her beds.  Her food and water bowl.  Her dog food.  Her walking leashes.  Her blankets.  I picked up one of her blankets just to inhale her smell again. Het sweaters for those cold days.  And even more sadly, her medicine that she had been taking since last November.  Una suffered from seizures from last November until the day before she died.  These are awful things to. watch your dog go through.  But Una was a fighter.  And until the last week of her life she would always recover.  But the seizures took a toll.  She was not the same Una anymore.  The light and sparkle in her eyes had disappeared.  She had trouble walking.  She was telling us its time. 

  My wife named her Una. Meaning “the one”. Although we had no idea when we got her in September 2013 that she would be “the one”. But something in that initial meeting told my wife this dog was special. We never owned a dog before. Or any pets. My parents had cats. Her parents had dogs. But since we lived together we never owned a pet. Particularly for me, having a dog was a brand new experience. But Ina was special from day one. She made me feel less nervous. And she made us feel like we were meant to be together. 

  Una was born on December 10, 2012.  But she was given up by her owner nine months later.  We'll never know why.  And I always felt bad for her that someone let her go.  My wife knew about Una through her friends.  And outside of one photo we never met Una before.  My first reaction was how small she was.  Una was a long-haired Chihuahua.  It's not a rare breed, but not the most common seen of the Chihuahua's. It was love at first sight.  From the start she changed our lives.  My son had moved out of the house and the timing was right for a pet in our life.  Una opened up a whole new world in our eyes.  For 13 years her enthusiasm and curiosity about life was fascinating.  Holding and getting kisses from her was special.  

  Una was a special dog loved by everyone.  She passed away from the effects of too many seizures, which in turn caused some dementia.  I don't want to remember her last weeks.  I want to remember how she was always there with a kiss when i asked for one. Today there is sadness at her passing.  No, change that.  There's devastation.  But I choose to remember all the wonderful moments we had with her.  

  On the first night without her she came to my dreams briefly but as a reminder.  From my bed I saw her in the hallway.  I heard her scratching herself next to me in her own bed.  She's letting us know that we are all still together.  We hope our Una knows that she will never be alone.  We are indeed all together. And we will love her forever.