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Spring has sprung!

Ahh… warmth and blooms and leaves are coming back to Connecticut. The daffodils and crocus are popping up. The geese are honking their way home. The Boomer Bloggers are here too, dispensing good advice, interesting stories, and their own wisdom. The challenge of moving a life… Meryl’s 99-yer old Mom moved into an assisted living […]

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Tail Wags and Whiskers

For anyone who ever loved a fur baby, Tail Wags and Whiskers chronicles the love, laughs, and four-legged lawlessness that comes from a lifetime with cats and dogs.

Heart-warming, funny, and often poignant, Tail Wags and Whiskers shares how animals come into our lives, not only teaching resilience, patience, and fortitude, but also marking the passage of time.

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Tail Wags and Whiskers

I must admit I worried since I had heard most kittens were born in spring and summer and this was a chilly December day in Connecticut, 1980. Despite wanting to stay calm as I gazed into the pet store window, my palms sweated, and I swallowed hard. I’m just getting a cat, I told myself, not having a human baby, God forbid. At twenty-three, the thought of two-legged parenthood was out of the question. Even four-legged gave me pause. Was I ready to take care of a little creature and be responsible for its every morsel of food and safety? Was I ready to give it the attention and love it needed after coming home tired from my office job each day? While growing up, my family had tons of pets, but the feed and upkeep had always been my parents’ domain. Was I ready now for the big time?

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Spring has sprung!

Ahh… warmth and blooms and leaves are coming back to Connecticut. The daffodils and crocus are popping up. The geese are honking their way home. The Boomer Bloggers are here too, dispensing good advice, interesting stories, and their own wisdom. The challenge of moving a life… Meryl’s 99-yer old Mom moved into an assisted living […]

A Tough Sell

Excerpt from my book, “Tail Wags and Whiskers…” “… A month later, when Randy and I came to take Libby home, to my delight she remembered me. “Hey Libby, how are you?” I asked, hoping to coax her over as I sat on the couch. Once again, she jumped up, stood on hind legs, gave […]

5 Reasons Walking is the Absolute, Best Exercise

A strange thing happened the other day. I went to take my terrier Libby for our daily stroll. Gathering her leash and harness, I tried to put them on, but she hung back. It was cold out which usually doesn’t bother her, but today she decided, meh. Usually, I’d put her gear away and walk […]

Do You Play (shiver) “Connections?”

It makes no sense. A New York Times word game that causes many players to tear their hair out, might actually be healthy? But the popular new puzzle “Connections” could be the very thing to help us escape this chaotic planet, even for a few minutes. Here’s what this online game is about: you start […]

Love, Coyote Style

Cole Porter sang, “Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it.” Now, to no one’s surprise, coyotes do it too. Except, when coyotes “fall in love,” they become a public nuisance. Coyote mating season is upon us in our sleepy Connecticut town, and it’s temporarily changed our lives. To my sadness, I’ve […]

Surviving Our Mixed Marriage

No, I’m not talking race, religion, or politics. But I am talking about a difference so challenging, so fraught with misunderstanding, so bewildering, we’ve wondered how our union takes it. Randy is an extrovert. I’m an introvert. Yet as the decades have rolled along, we’ve learned specific ways of coping with each other’s personalities. What […]

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