It’s been a couple of seasons since we’ve seen Loretta. I suppose her absence is one of those difficult realities of life. A lame deer in...

JUNE 2022 - My wife and I were watching Coal Miner’s Daughter when Autumn, our daughter, called to us. “She came back!” she said. “Come...

SEPTEMBER 2016 - Do not underestimate the value of life with dogs. As I attempt to write this, Ivy, the white and tan Chihuahua, is...

SEPTEMBER 2016 - Welcome, September. I knew you were coming, but it sure took you a while. In the waiting, we moved my boy back to...

FEBRUARY 2016 - Six years ago Kiki entered our lives. Tiny, black and tan, we rescued her from a shelter in Fort Payne, Alabama. ...

FEBRUARY 2014 - I won't ever forget the day we got him. Copper was from a big litter of 10, maybe more pups. We chose him for...