Capture the Flag

I've been having a lot of childhood memories lately. Triggered by my mother's death 11 days ago after an almost unprecedented 21 year battle with Alzheimer's. Her death set off a myriad of events which turned into a nurturing soul cleansing of mourning. In my experience, the loss of my mom,...

The real blue dogs

The midterm elections are over. Gone now are the relentless and mostly negative ads and the results are in. I think Trip is a blue dog. But not in the political sense. Normally perky for games of fetch, it was a calmer day for the introspective terrier. Bosco insisted on...