My wife and I have adopted greyhounds for nearly seventeen years. We’ve always been enamored with their graceful athleticism, alert disposition, expressive eyes, and uncanny ability to run down and consume a bicycle messenger in heavy traffic. During a momentary lapse of reason … [Read more...]

First impressions are everything they say, I recalled, weaving down the walkway past a rusted rake that leaned precariously against an old dog crate. An old chair covered with dog hair stood before me, as I made my way up the shaky porch stairs. Listing houses for sale is never … [Read more...]

Perhaps the most frustrating staple of post-debate network news coverage is that all-too-familiar battleground state focus group, the 20 or so "undecided" or "persuadable" voters sitting – perhaps locked -- in a sterile room, their fingers fatigued from operating reaction dials … [Read more...]

Lately I have felt as though my life has consisted of some seriously disorganized chaos. Yes, this represents a change as my life generally involves organized chaos. For those of you whose lives do not fall into such categories, rest assure that organized chaos is manageable. But … [Read more...]