Dottie is still ready to play -- but gently. It’s more than two weeks now since our dachshund Dottie lost the use of her hind leg...

I used to be offended – irritated is maybe the better world – when someone described me as an old soul. To clarify: By old soul I d...

Addenda: I criticized this book for being boring. Then I had second thoughts, particularly as I revisited the last few chapters of ...

NOTE: I'm beta reading an excellent novel -- and I'm posting the notes here so I remember what I told this guy so I remember to...

(Photo: A dozing Dottie, pre-injury). When Michelle called from the vet to tell me your back legs were paralyzed, my inclinatio...