E.B. came in last night. He saw me out in the front yard and ran a quarter of a block to me. He had been down the street, I suspect, behind a house he likes. I once had to find... Continue reading

This was a very long day. I was up at six to take dogs to the vet. They needed a Bordetella booster so the new dog, Gracie Rose, wouldn't give them an upper respiratory infection. The vet kept her tonight... Continue reading

Yesterday I went to the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and adopted "Cricket" the Boston terrier. She looked at me when we met and said loud and clear that her name is Gracie Rose. She... Continue reading

Jon Katz's blog, bedlamfarm.com is inspiring me of late to write about our lives in Sugar Land, Texas. Katz has found personal freedom and liberty writing about his life on his farm. Is it time to memorialize my life? Is... Continue reading

When Democratic front runner Edmund Muskie appeared to cry in 1972 while standing on the steps of the Manchester Guardian newspaper, it begin the end of his campaign. Muskie was frustrated by attacks from the newspaper's editor, William Loeb, on... Continue reading