My 6-year-old son has very pretty, shoulder length blond hair, and strangers always assume he’s a girl. He never pays them any attention, and always seems to think they are just silly and if they can’t tell he’s a boy that’s their problem. So he surprised me the […]
A friend of mine recently contacted me for help putting together a book of recipes. Not his own recipes, but his grandmother’s, and the plan was to make a cookbook to share with family. I thought back to all the recipes I’d collected over the years and thought this was a great idea.
This was originally title “On the Eve of My 46th birthday,” but I had to give up after several hours of interruptions from a small child demanding food and small dog intent on peeing all over my office. Not things I expected to be happening in my mid-40s, […]
Our Australian Shepherds were our first babies. Losing them left a big hole in our hearts. It’s been two years since the last one passed and a few months ago, we finally felt ready for a new puppy. And now he’s here! Tigger the Aussie Meet Tigger, an […]
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