the way we all ought to go

My neighbor’s female Doberman died last weekend. Unlike my dogs Comet and Dexter last year, and her buddy Loki, a … More

the Dam weather

La Nina has been a headstrong gal this Winter. California mountains from Northern Sierras to our own Cuyamaca’s have been … More

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau The Monday holiday seemed a good time … More

I have two intentions for 2023. One is to blog daily. And the second is to exercise on a daily … More

Watching a “Cat in the Hat” animated video this week with our grandchildren (we’ve moved on from Baby Shark), I … More

A call from my nonagenarian aunt today, to thank us for cheesecake we had ordered as a Hannukah and Christmas … More

I was truly grateful that we had started a household emergency fund. It has provided for repairs to air conditioning, … More

We have taken Dexter twice to a veterinarian in the last seven days since Comet was euthanized. Our regular veterinarian … More

Dexter developed a UTI over the past week, diagnosed on Friday and prescribed “horse pill” antibiotics. I thought the same … More