Chloe’s K9 Academy: Pedicures

A friend asked how I could possibly clip the nails of four dogs—including one 5-month-old puppy—in fifteen minutes, all by myself. Here’s what worked for training ours, whether raised from puppyhood or adopted-as-feral canines. The goal is for them to not only trust...

Baby Kodi is just about to lose some puppy teeth, and recently, it was “Tooth Fairy Day” so I learned some weird stuff about the tooth fairy that will delight your inner nerd and impress drunk folks at the bar. Yeah, I didn’t know she looked like that, either!...

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is always a much-needed three-day weekend, the portal into summer, with its barbecues, camping, and outdoor fun, but it’s always bittersweet: a reminder of my older brother and the other military members of all branches who died in service to our country....

Friday the 13th

I’m fascinated by superstitions, and it’s funny how pervasive they are, even to those who are not particularly superstitious, who still may “knock on wood” to indicate their hopes of avoiding bad luck. Of course, for a writer, bad luck is good for storytelling, and...

Night Flights

This Fly Boy photo of Travis’ innuendo-laden answer to Tricia is a good illustration of night flight. There’s more to see in the daylight but flying at night brings a special joy: all the lights below, the vast dark swaths of water or undeveloped land, the pulsing...

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