I let the day go by without comment. January 13th—the first anniversary of the day our Big Dog left…
Busyhead: Anxiety as a symptom of grief
My head is full of bees. Thoughts hum constantly and without direction. Grief has been the strangest animal for me.…
Afscheidswals
Excerpt from a work-in-progress on this National Mutt day for my most beautiful mutt. April 2019 I hear, tonight, no…
Love at First Sniff: Introduction to a Special Character
“I met a dog today.” Those were the words I used to describe our first encounter with Big Dog in…
Big Dog in a Big Crisis and Me Giving Thanks
It began as slower walks around the block and clumsier hops onto the couch. When the crisis occurred, we had…