June 1st will always be the day that Dot died. It was two years ago today. What a long journey. It was initially difficult for Dash to adjus...

People I've never met still stop me in the park to ask about Dash. I guess it must seem strange to see me walking alone. Dot and Dash ha...

Every time we get a heavy rain my first thought is that this was the worse storm ever. I felt this way last night when the rain was pounding...

One year ago today, Dot passed away. It's been a long year. Shortly after Dot died, Janet was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then Dash al...

It's dog roulette at our house. Last night it was Dash who threw up. He seemed fine when we all went to bed, but around 3 AM I woke up...

Dot has eaten for three days now without throwing up. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a big deal, but considering the condition Dot was i...

I tried the bank again on my way to pick up some prescription this morning. This time there were only two people sitting in the lobby, so ...

The restaurant was crowded this morning. There were all these noisy overlapping conversations that were somewhat distracting and made me r...

Dot threw up last night, which put me back on high alert again. There are so many things which can go wrong at this point that it's ha...

I think the high point of the day was discovering a new kind of cheese in the refrigerator. It was that kind of day. I'll have to admi...

Poor Dash. He had a massive cluster of seizures last night that quickly became a medical emergency. By the time I was able to get him to t...

Dash had a seizure last night. This was very alarming, since he hasn't had a seizure in well over four years. We just did a check of h...

I keep forgetting what day it is. There certainly isn't much to distinguish one day from the next. I know you're tired of hearing ...

The good thing about January is that it represents a kind of symbolic reset. You can easily trick yourself into thinking that the slate ha...

I woke up about 5 AM to an impressive display of thunder and lightning. The wind was blowing fiercely and I was a little worried that a tree...

When I was writing one of my periodic old fashioned letters to my sister today, it occurred to me that I was becoming a Luddite too. Lette...

Dash followed a path this morning we hadn't been down in years and all of the sudden it was like old times. It was a nice day and we e...