Reyda's Blog

“A Letter To My Younger Self”-type writings seem to currently be in abundance throughout the publishing world.  This theme was on my mind earlier this morning while awake at a pathologically early hour.  With that brief opening stanza, here is my effort at “A Letter...

Greetings! My mother told me recently that I don't write enough for my blog (she gets extra credit for knowing what a blog even is!) so in an effort of maternal scorn avoidance, here are a few words: Fleas and ticks were a problem for the duration of 2016, including...

I should make a professional New Years Resolution to do these blogs more frequently but I suspect they would end up alongside my personal New Years Resolutions; next to the Doritos, just to the left of the cobweb encrusted treadmill. With that said, ever onward!! We...

Time is a flyin”!!  We are entering our third year of operation in the new hospital; eleventh year as the Village Veterinary Clinic of Hamburg.  It doesn’t seem all that long ago we were working alongside Dr. Bob Rogers who helped during our transition to ownership. ...

Greetings All, I just experienced a truism in life; when your mother, who more often than not cannot turn on her own computer, tells you that you need to update the VVC of H’s blog on the website, it really needs to be done. Also, it’s a good idea to not respond by...

Let's all try some bullet points on for size, shall we?  And not the "husky" sized ones like I had to deal with in my awkward junior high school years.  Let us proceed..... It's been almost 12 months since we entered our new veterinary hospital and my expectations...

This past weekend, I was able to take my sons and visit their grandmother (my mom!) for some overdue family time*. The community where I grew up is rural, not wealthy, honest, proud and exceedingly hard working. The relationships forged there molded me into who I am...

This is my first edition, volume one, collector's item, blog entry.  My intent with this platform is to occasionally inform, hopefully entertain, maybe offend and to serve as a conduit for my thoughts at any particular time (sounds sorta prickly, I gotta say).  I...

September 3, 2014 An old friend left us recently.  Our original building, where we have practiced veterinary medicine and surgery since 2006, was brought down 2 weeks ago.  It was a wonderful building, full of character, quirks and idiosyncrasies.  It provided a home...