There are a lot of things you can do to understand yourself better: from getting your head shrunk by a quack, to writing dumb, rambling blog entries. I have done both in my life - sometimes to a nauseating degree. A more unconventional method, however, is the act of fostering dogs. Rarely have I had…Read more On Hank, Dodger, Sadie and My Contradictory First Year of Fostering
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On Minnie: Four Days Later
Someone once told me that all dog stories end in pathos, and can't avoid being mawkish and trite. I think this is true. People don't really blab about their dogs if everything is going fine, much less on the Internet. That's why in writing Minnie's obituary a few days ago I tried to be straightforward.…Read more On Minnie: Four Days Later