You know how we always criticize the greeting card companies for creating holidays? It ain’t just them. Purina has declared today “Hug Your Cat Day”. …
You know how we always criticize the greeting card companies for creating holidays? It ain’t just them. Purina has declared today “Hug Your Cat Day”. …
The other day, I was asked by a (very non-magical) friend why I use a fountain pen to autograph books. After all, there are many…
I’m feeling very out-of-focus this week. Maybe because: I had to say goodbye to another cat Monday morning. Smudge had cancer that had metastasized. She…
Tomorrow, 22 April, is Earth Day. I’m sure you’ve heard about it. If you haven’t, what rock are you living under? The first Earth Day…
World, meet Maksim & Misha. Maks & Misha, welcome to my world!
When I first moved to Atlanta 25+ years ago, one of the first things that struck me was the beauty in Spring. I had never…
In the northern hemisphere, we’re all itching to get out of our winter layers and into T-shirts, shorts, flip-flops and for some, bathing suits. Here…
Okay, I’m a day early. So sue me. (On second thought, don’t. I’m not worth the effort.) Now that the last of the tax sh**…
36 hours shy of three months later, Nick’s brother, Ivan, passed on. Both my boys are gone but I know they’re back together and Nick…
In wine [there is the] truth. Given that wine was the alcohol of choice in the early days (distilled spirits didn’t come to the forefront…