Wilson the Labradoodle is growing up. Yesterday he received his first big-boy haircut. Yes, he’s growing up. Four months old now and using the great outdoors to do his business — every time! He knows sit, down, stay, come, wait, heel, kisses, off, leave it, stop that!, hey – what [...]

If I were a bird, one might have called me “on the wing” today.  Away from the nest, but settled deep within an urgency to locate a source of food that might nourish my babies.  Myself.
I found today’s source of food in the whirring of a stationary bicycle as I crouched over it, urging my [...]

By normal standards, I wouldn’t have noticed an older man pushing his granddaughter through a store in a grocery cart any more than I’d have noticed anyone else in particular. I’m usually intent on sticking to my grocery list and scolding my hands that seem to delight in sneaking forbidden cookies and chips into [...]