How the Westminster Dog Show Can Be Even Better Next Year
Only dogs in the ring, no trainers. That way we won’t have to see any more of those sensible shoes and 1950s dresses
No beauticians. You don’t see me doing this to Ricky before we go out in the morning
Ella surveys her troops . . .
Ricky the Beagle, Connecticut’s only dog to have completed three transcontinental road trips (I can’t swear to this, but I’m gonna go with it until someone proves me wrong), is about to embark on…
Who Says My Dog Isn’t “Normal”?
Last week Ricky and I were at the vet yet again, having his bloodwork done yet again, as we tinkered with his meds yet again, in an effort to lengthen the
YOU tell ME who’s normal here
intervals between his epileptic seizures…
Polar Pooping
The right spot (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
I’ve told my friend Jeff time and again to stop sending me his cute little “thought-you-might-like-this” internet items. I tell him I never, ever read them. But he keeps sendin…
Where’s Ricky?
See if you can find a handsome little beagle in this picture . . .
Come on. It’s Friday night of the weekend before Christmas. You really think I’m gonna write something? And
Center of attention (just the way he likes it)
Last week Ricky sat in on not just one, but two of my writing workshops. The first was the Tuesday After-School Writing Club I started for fifth- and sixth-graders at Bryant Ele…
Ricky? Ronnie? Reggie?
Robby and Ricky as pups
I must have told the story about how Ricky came to be “Ricky” a thousand times: How Robby, then 9, named his beagle puppy for Ricky Williams, the Miami Dolphins running back, and his ultimate hero at …
Andrew’s Army
Something a little different today.
Andrew Accardi
One of Beagle Man’s very favorite kids in the entire world, Andrew Accardi, passed away last week at the age of 20, after battling pediatric neuroblastoma for 15 years. My o…
Why Ricky Gets Dragged Along On All My Hikes
Hiking Bromley: We didn’t “summit,” but we had a great time
Am up in VT. Came here Wednesday night, straight from teaching my writing course in Hartford. It always occurs to me when I reach Trinity that I’m 1/3 of the way t…
LA/XC-3: Still?
LA/XC-3 SUMMARY
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Total state tally LA/XC-3: 24 (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas,…