I think I would like a Komodo dragon. Not as a pet, exactly. More as a roommate with its own wing of the house, a very generous food budget, and a legally binding agreement that we do not eat one another. Because look at them. Fierce. Beautiful. Majestic. […]
In the grand tapestry of pet parenthood, my 20-pound ball of fur reigns supreme as the sovereign of silliness, the sultan of suspicion, and the crowned curmudgeon. Life with my little canine monarch is a daily sitcom filled with snuggles, scowls, and a healthy dose of canine capriciousness. […]
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. The simplest things in life can sometimes be the best. It’s that simple. A cup of gumbo. A sour patch gummy. A puppy letting you know it’s dinner time. I get such joy and pleasure when […]
Our pets are our family members. Plain and simple. Today, I just have a small bit to share. Our family turtle, whose nane was squirtle (as so named by my son), passed away. He traveled cross-country with us from Los Angeles to New York. He loved the car […]
She hardly ever went out to that spot. But today she felt a great compulsion to do so. She was inexplicably drawn to the chair and followed the directions from her inner voice. She sat down and grabbed some snow. She breathed it in. She looked up to […]
Nothing simpler than a boy and his dog. A boy staring into the loving eyes of his dog and feeling safe and secure from all that there is in the world. Love in its purest form. That was my Christmas day. I watched as my son embraced his […]
I think, for the most part, dogs are super excited by this massive quarantine. My dog is no exception. He is happy that his humans are around and he can just bounce from one to the other. He saunters around as if he owns the place. And, he […]
Fifteen years ago I walked over 100 blocks in the New York summer sweltering heat to find the right dog for me. I did that four weekends in a row. Weekend after weekend I went to the upper East Side animal shelters looking at all the dogs that […]
When I first met Milo, he was this scruffy pekinese from the streets. Or so we thought. We adopted him from a local ASPCA after numerous trips looking for our perfect dog. And boy was he perfect. He had an attitude, he had charisma, he had a unique […]
As a Puerto Rican, I am naturally (genetically) superstitious. Everything had a supernatural or karmic sensibility to it. I always was afraid of Friday, the 13th and tried to avoid doing certain things on those days. My mom would try to not really have us step out of […]
