Don't let their innocent faces fool you; an hour before I got this photo, they both (freakishly) shed their entire undercoat and im...

Previously published, but still true... OK, maybe Jon Farleigh only managed to get the back of my eyeball (when I accidentally sucked ...

Frantic licking of hands totally counts as exercise.  When I saw the writing prompt for this blog post--fun indoor activities to kee...

My husband burst out laughing the moment he laid eyes on Leona Lilly--my (then) foster dog from Richmond Animal Care and Control . Co...

Hey, y'all! Ahem. I said, HEY, Y'ALL! (Look away from those prizes, dangit!) So, you're here. That means at least one of two...

When I'm in the kitchen, my dogs beg for everything I get out of the pantry, cabinets, refrigerator, off the counters, out of gift and g...

When I was in kindergarten, my class sang "Up on the Housetop" in the school Christmas program. I had to memorize the words and to...

* My family celebrates Christmas. If you don't, feel free to substitute any wintertime gifting occasion you like. From the time I was ...

Before you answer that impossible question, did you even know fleas carry PLAGUE? The disease* that wiped out millions of people in the Midd...