Wife as Golden Retriever

Wife as Golden Retriever

I’ve desired a pet – specifically a Golden Retriever – for decades, but my husband persistently resists. “We’re gone too much,” he states. (we do travel a lot, but kennels exist) “I’d likely have to feed and walk it...
Life as a Miracle: Five Guys

Life as a Miracle: Five Guys

Last year, we call can agree, was the pits. We all suffer, as this new year begins, from PTSD, previously the domain of warriors returning from battles in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. I have a unique variant of PTSD, one that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. For...
Life as a Miracle: Five Guys

Around the House a Union of Opposites Work

I am the type of person who closes a safety pin before tossing in a drawer; my husband is not. In his defense, he’s a leftie, so he fumbles with the thin metal clasp and, well, safety pins are somewhat passe. I am a former 4-H seamstress, as well as the oldest...
It’s a Dog’s Life

It’s a Dog’s Life

  Corollary good advice for me: sniff around extensively, gathering all the clues and facts, before digging in… Hide bones everywhere ’cause you’ll never know when the snack imperative hits! What advice appeals to you, Constant Reader? Do you...