I Needed The Whole of Nature to Unbosom Myself

My little pup turned 11 years old over the weekend! To celebrate the sweetest edition to my life since little ant (aww), I dug up an old song inspired by Rogue the dog.

A few years ago, I lived in a house where Rogue could be left outside in the backyard thanks to a huge fence and a low-traffic area. I left her out one beautiful day before walking down to my favorite watering hole, only to have the beautiful day overcome by thunderstorms while I was inside and unaware. After running home through the rain, the saddest ball of wet shivers ran up to me from under the patio table- ranking that night one of my top 5 Worst Pet Owner moments. I muddled up our stories and added a pinch of hyperbole to write this song.

After recording it today (with pup in lap as pictured above) I realized I had never named the song. I figured letting Rogue pick the title was only fair, so we took out Camille, opened to a random page, and she pointed to the phrase she wanted: “I Needed the Whole of Nature to Unbosom Myself.” Damn, girl. You sure got it right.

Rogue thinks deep, y’all.