My wife and I have had Standard Poodles throughout most of our marriage. Our first one, Lucy, was wonderful in nearly every way. Well behaved, smart, and what made us particularly proud, she was great with other dogs. Lucy was always friendly. We called her “the mayor” because everywhere we went with her, the beach, the […]

Mark Insull was one of my favorite people. I suspect he was a favorite for many others, too. To know him, was to love him. His good looks (that included a luxuriant head of hair), a very proper British accent, and his simply daffy sense of humor were simply irresistible to anyone who came into […]

I like and appreciate it when someone tells me, “Happy Birthday.” It doesn’t matter how it’s done either. Card, call, text, or social media. As the kids say, “It’s all good!” So for those of you who told me this (or any) year, “Happy Birthday!” Thank You! I loved hearing from you, and I appreciated […]

I thought I would share another parenting experience, where I was the bad guy, again, in the hope YOU can avoid it. For many of us, we have academic hopes for our kids., The standardized tests (SAT & ACT) loom large in the matrix of requirements to make it into most universities. I think we were […]

This year we decided, for the first time as a family, to spend Christmas away from home. Maybe because we had some nostalgia for bringing Riley to Disneyland during the holidays before, we thought it a good idea to go there again this year. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been there, and we’ve never […]