Monthly Archives: June 2014

My family of origin was pretty small: I have one brother, a niece and nephew, a few cousins, and used to have a scattering of aunts and uncles who weren’t close. Both my mother’s parents died before she was twenty-five. My dad lost two brothers: one to tuberculosis and one to polio. In many ways,Continue reading “We All Belong”

For twenty-eight years in a row, I owned two large dogs at a time. Then after a three year break, in a sentimental moment, I took the plunge again, with my husband in mind. Stan was hankering after at least one dog. Sleepless on a Saturday night, I found one year old Buddy, the exquisiteContinue reading “Dog in Charge”