There’s a lot to be said for having a life partner. Benefits include: being truly known and still tolerated, maybe even adored, the quiet times when he’s sitting in his comfy chair reading a book and I’m typing away on my computer in a companionable silence … just two souls facing life together. Then there are the mornings when you get to sleep-in while he lets the dogs out to pee, and who wouldn’t want […]
Living with a dog is a humbling experience. They are so keenly observant, remarkably intuitive, decisive, affectionate, present in every moment, protective of their people, and, my favorite … utterly thrilled to be alive. Who of us can claim anything even close? I live in something like the Subaru commercial poignantly featuring a family with their dog in three different life stages. Although the ad aired some years back, even now just thinking about it […]
The Spill... 