Feb 18, 2011 | Blog
Before my father’s big retirement dinner on February 18 in Manhattan we stopped to see my mother at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. We needed a map to find the plot in the 400 acre urban graveyard. We also brought a shovel to clear the snow from the flat markers in...Feb 18, 2011 | Blog
I just got back, and have to take good care of my dogs and husband. But here’s a photo essay of the trip. First stop Florida. Saw Chip’s sister compete in a horse event, visited Grandma Joanne, and Marjorie Rawlings’ house. Then NYC and the farm in...Feb 13, 2011 | Blog
From Florida, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ (The Yearling author) rural home at Cross Creek. I’m still short on internet time, so forgive me, but here’s a postcard of the lovely place. Feb 11, 2011 | Blog
Sorry I haven’t checked in, I’m in an internet free zone in Florida, where we are watching Chip’s sister Karen O’Connor ride at a horse event. Here’s a postcard. Maybe I’ll chat later, but it may not be until I get home on the...Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
Here’s the news: no puppies yet for Windsor and Stikine, Debra and Anne Marie’s Labs. Or at least not that I know of, but come to think of it neither Debra nor Anne Marie were at Morning Muscles. Maybe Stikine is giving birth as I write this. Debra did say...Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
My dog Forte is thinking about starting a facebook page after his Woman’s Day column debut. It made sense that I wrote about my dog for the March issue, since in Alaska, March is Iditarod Sled Dog Race month when the whole state it seems, goes to the dogs. ...