Building The Perfect Summer

Let’s face it — we only get so many summers in our lifetime. And the older I get, the more precious they become. I see the days from May to September like beautiful beads on a necklace, each to be cherished. There’s nothing worse than getting to Labor Day, with a bunch of “should haves.” […]

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Letting Rocky Down Easy

  We’ve had our cat Rocky almost 16 years, the longest of any animal in our marriage. Now 81 in human time, he’s stone-deaf and arthritic. His once-supple spine feels ridged. One day Rocky was the new kitty on the block, brash and bold. Now he’s elderly. The other day we discovered something that may […]

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