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How much is that doggy in the hatchback? (Amagansett, L.I.)
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A Dog Named Beau
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I once wrote a proposal, including several finished chapters, for a book about raising my three sons and my dog. The feedback I got was overwhelmingly positive — raves, you might say — but when push came to shove, nobody was willing to publish it. …
Walking the Dog Without the Dog: A Fantasy
It’s 11:15 AM — about the time I take Ricky for his walk. I head downstairs from my attic study to look for him in his usual spot — the far corner of the beige couch in the playroom — but before I get there I hear his soothing, distinctive, rhythmic breathing coming from Matt’s bedroom on t…
Ricky’s Resume
[NOTE: I promised, in a post last week (Ricky and Sputnik?) that I’d start working on Ricky’s resume with him. Here’s what we’ve got so far. See what you think . . .]
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: May 8, 2003
Place of Birth: Templeton, MA
Sire: Saranan’s Gentle Ben
Dam: …
Ricky and Sputnik?
Last week a friend from Massachusetts sent me a cartoon, “Soviet Space Dogs — A Tribute to Canine Cosmonauts (by Scott Beale; see a portion of the cartoon at right). I had totally forgotten about that period during the 1950s and ’60s when the Russians used dogs for space flights, to see how it ev…
Beagles Are (Tied For) #1!
I’m not sure whether the brouhaha over the release of my 100 favorite rock and roll songs of all time
triggered this, but lately my son Matt and his girlfriend, Lauren, have been playing their own rankings game — constantly. They’ve been rating everything — from vegetables to exercise workouts t…
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