My dog is so funny.  This morning, when all was chaos, when we were trying to get our two adults and four children to their respective learning or working environments, our dog had an agenda.  She decided she needed to go somewhere too, which is not typically the case.  Usually, she walks you to the door and [...]

I was walking Brisbane around eight o’clock last night, just walking around our block, and a small prop plane flew overhead. I noticed the plane right away because planes flying over our neighborhood are rare. It was dark so the plane’s lights were on and one could easily hear its propellers. Even so, Briz didn’t [...]

Yesterday, while I was walking my dog Brisbane, I noticed in a friend’s yard a tree with a spectacular array of fall colors in its leaves, a tree which i quickly noticed was changing right before my eyes. As I watched the tree wave peacefully in the wind, I observed many of its leaves gently [...]

Once upon a time, I married a girl who didn’t like dogs.  She couldn’t stand the smell of dogs. She hated the shedding issues of dogs. She didn’t like the messes dogs made. She said she would never let a dog in the house, ever, “and that’s final!” I tried and tried to change her [...]