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Gigi Spies a Green Tomato: A Tragicomedy in Five Parts

Gigi

The stage: A small wooden deck with sturdy balusters, overlooking a vegetable garden in late season. Enter main character: Gigi, a 6-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. It’s clear from her saunter that Gigi is unhurried and uncomplicated, and her portly figure implies a dog who is enthusiastic about her meals. Suddenly, Gigi sees something that […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Dogs, Humor, Pets Tagged With: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Dogs, gardening, green tomatoes, Pets, summer, tomatoes

Summer on the Coast of Maine, Doggy-Style

I’m spending this week on the coast of southern Maine. If I had a choice, I’d spend most of the week as I am right now: in a low-slung beach chair, toes buried in the warm sand, and book propped open on my lap, pages ruffled by the strong wind off the water. Every few […]

Filed Under: Business, Children, Dogs, Parenting, Pets, Teenagers, Travel Tagged With: beaches, Dogs, Maine, mothers, Parenting, Pets, Teenagers, Travel

Off-Color Commentary

Black and white cat

Last week I was in my vet’s lobby with one of my dogs, waiting to check out, when I overhead a conversation behind me. “Of course you don’t like it here, but stop your complaining! We need to stay put for now.” An older woman, maybe in her mid-70s, was talking to her cat, which […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Politics & Society Tagged With: Pets, politics, racism, society

The Shadow Knows: Watching Superbad with My Son

The Shadow Knows

When I was a kid, in the 70s, I used to swipe my older brother’s Mad magazines. A lot of the humor was over my head, but that only added to the allure: This was a peep show into an unknown world, and I was lusting to grow up. One Mad feature I did get, […]

Filed Under: Children, Dogs, Media, Parenting, Secrets, Teenagers Tagged With: kids, magazines, mothers, movies, Parenting, personal history, privacy, Teenagers

Alpha Females

Two or three years ago, I found myself on a list of people who take turns cooking in a soup kitchen. And so, every few months, I do. I can’t say I particularly look forward to it. But to beg off the list at this point would require a phone call to the organizer. I […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Food, Women Tagged With: alpha dogs, alpha females, cooking, Women

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