The near blizzard of earlier this week forced a slow down, bringing to the surface with an ice cold punch the kind of awareness weather can have on limiting outdoor time for some of us in humid continental climates. Yet the active mind of the canine who might not be...
Dog Nights of Winter
Days are shortening, Thanksgiving is behind us, we begin the festival of lights -- Hanukah -- tonight at sundown! Speaking of sundown, we in the northern hemisphere are on that trajectory to get shorter and shorter days for the next 3 weeks before the solstice and only then, in what...
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,...