I am a poodle lady. A Standard Poodle lady. Since 1989 I've had a total of nine. I adore them. No dog I've ever known has burrowed into...

The grass made me stop. The little feathery meadow grew in our Arboretum garden. It lay in a rectangle of sunlight and threw a hook of...

The EMTs would ask which hospital and I'd always say "Saints". Mom was then off to St. Mary's Hospital once again. Diabetic, blind,...

All Dan saw out the window was a black blur so he sounded the alarm. The dogs escaped. I got a glimpse of Sam looking like a horse with...

I can’t imagine a house without a piano. One was always in my home: my mom’s piano as a child, a pretentious grand from my first...

I discovered this in my papers. It was attributed to Nelson Mandela, or some other sage. Maybe it will speak to you and you can make it a...

You may know me best through what I love. I cherish my husband and Standard Poodles, all my friends, all my neighbors. I adore the...

I will try to not complain about gas prices. Yes they are absurdly high. Unless I consider the worldwide network of oil commodities I...

I traveled a couple hours east of here last Autumn. I went to pick up some baby Poodles. I soon left cities behind and was in wilderness....

I bought a fern last month. It was wrapped in a tube of cellophane with only the tips of the leaves showing. It seemed mysterious,...