Brummet's Conscious Blog

Adopting New Fur-Family Members !! Today we celebrate the adoption of two new fur-kids. It is a very interesting story how this all came about. After the loss of our Skyla, Duchess fell right into senior mode more than ever. Duchess began showing more signs that the 10 years she's lived is getting her a bit tired. She wants to sleep more, do less, and keep to herself... except for food and cuddles.  So when it came to looking for new dogs we determined we should get two, so that Duchess will not be bothered by the young energy as much - the young ones would play together rather than bother her. Sadly for weeks we scoured local shelters, then broadening our research to up to out of Province (Alberta and NwT). Only the northern shelters had dogs coming up and so transport logistics were going to be an issue. The other shelters had older or aggressive dogs - not what we were looking for. Then, all of a sudden, two dogs came available locally - within days of each other. These were re-...

Quote of the Day  "Grief never ends... But it changes. It's a passage,  not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness. Nor a lack of faith... It is the price of love." Author Unknown -- Visit the Brummets @  www.BrummetMedia.ca --

Recommended Resources As many of our loyal readers are already aware, this genre of blog posts offers recommended resources, typically 3 at a time, that may benefit or at least interest our readers.  Today I'd like to start by thanking Jessica Baker (Junior Content Marketing Specialist with SiegeMedia.com) who queried us about sharing this amazing resource designed to help people with natural disasters, in particular during the hurricane season. It lists what you should do before, during and after a major storm like a hurricane and is a valuable resource.  https://floridapanhandle.com/blog/hurricane-safety -- National Wildlife Federation offers this interesting piece on how to attract birds to your back yard:  https://blog.nwf.org/2020/10/five-ways-to-attract-birds-this-fall/   -- And here's an amazing grant for attaining seeds for flowers that will support bees! The Pollinator Partnership organization and Flow  Co. are proud to partner in support of Bee Frien...

Author Interview One of my favourite activities here on this blog is to host author interviews, and today I have the pleasure of featuring Karin Thompson ( www.KarinThompson.com ) who has recently published a somewhat religious memoir that she hopes will help victims of abuse begin healing, take back their life, and overcome negative habits they've developed - often as a defence mechanism. Q: It is really nice to have you here today Karen! I know you've recently released a christian-themed inspirational aide book but what I'd really like to learn today is more about your journey as a writer. Tell us, who inspired you to pursue a career in writing? I wanted to share my life story and to encourage others. This inspired me to write and help others. I had no idea where to start and even how to go about it. But God placed people across my path that we can help me. It is utterly amazing. I write about what I know and subjects that will help others. I wrote mostly on the weekends ...

-- Pet Grief Poem -- Today I'd like to share with you a poem that Dave's dad Frank Nick Brummet wrote when we were grieving our first dog Skylo. Yesterday's post shared the journey we underwent with our grandma dog Skyla. Yes the names are similar. After Skylo passed on nearly 13 years ago, we found Skyla in the paper a few months later - listed as available through the local SPCA. It felt like a sign - the similarity in names... and so she joined our home 12 years ago. This poem, however, is about the previous dog. Weirdly, since poetry has always been my emotional outlet,  I've never been able to write one about the heavy grief from pet loss as it hits me far to deeply. I can tell you it sits on your chest like an elephant's foot, each breath burns deep in the chest and the world becomes fuzzy and grey while your focus is on grief. It fades somewhat with time, but the pain resurfaces at the most unexpected times. Skylo's passing was shocking - as he darted aft...

Celebrating Skyla Skyla came to us as a puppy 12 years ago - rescued by the BC SPCA from a puppy mill in Prince George... sadly during that rescue only a few puppies and dogs were in a state that the SPCA could save, a lot were put down. Skyla was emancipated, had a heart murmur, worms, and a sensitive-afraid-needy nature... she survived by eating other dogs' poops and any dropped snacks she could find. She was just 4 months old and barely filled in a tile on our kitchen floor.  She was my baby, my fur-child. ...Always at my feet in the office. ...When she was young I was still running the radio show and you could hear her chewing her squeaky toy and doing her best to keep my attention. Talk about me learning multitasking skills, lol.  She joined us camping, hiking, mountain biking on the old railway beds, snowshoeing in the winter, pacing by the lake edge while we played in the water... she never did like getting wet or dirty or messy and always avoided puddles when we walked...

--- Blog Starts Again --  Thank you everyone for continuing to visit the blog during the fall break I took for myself. It has been one heck of a busy year for us, and the epidemic has - like most of us - affected our business greatly. We completely shut down in April and will now open Nov. 1st. At one time we were planning for Sept, then Oct 1 but we kept hearing that there were problems with the spread and so, to play a positive role, we remained closed. This year we spent a great deal of time on home projects, business plan review, manuscript work and media appearances. On the home front, it involved: installing a living room and new bathroom fan, creating a privacy screen area for the hot tub, created a new sitting area where the (sold) camping trailer once sat. We built an asparagus bed, extended and organized the garden shed and built a few more support trellises for the gardens. After replacing the entrance gates and repairing the front steps, the long chore of painting the s...