Posts by Hank

Sunday Morning at Winslow Park

So this must be the dog party I keep hearing about . . .

A dog party! A big dog party! Big dogs, little dogs, red dogs, blue dogs, yellow dogs, green dogs, black dogs, and white dogs are all at a dog party! …

Ricky and the Wrangler

Sunday, April 15 was the big day. I put the top down on my Jeep, and that’s how it would stay — at least for the next 7 months. Oh, sure, you can yank it back up in a heavy rainstorm, but I generally don’t bother. I just suck it up. That’s why Jeep put those rubber plugs under the carpeting …

CSI: Westport

We have a canine at 7 Devon who's not touching his food. Please send backup. Do you copy?

Last week I walked into the playroom to a sight I might never see again: Ricky the Beagle asleep on the couch — with …

Easter Sunday at Snout Hook

For a treat, he'll hustle

We got off to a late start. Those of you who followed my September cross-country road trip have heard this refrain all too often. (Getting up and getting out has never been my long s…

LA/XC — The Sequel

More comfy than the Acura? For 7,000 miles?? Hmmm -- let me think about this . . .

Last Thursday I ran into an old writing acquaintance at Barnes & Noble. She asked me what I’ve been up to. “You wouldn’t kno…

Beagleness

Why we feel the way we feel about beagles: • The very name “beagle” is a cute name (American Staffordshire Terrier? Rottweiler? Scottish Deerhound? I don’t think so . . . ) • Their velvet ears (OMG!) • The way it looks when those ears blow back and up in the wind • Snoopy is a beagle [cap…

Moms and Madness

Jonathan the Husky Dog: Maybe he should have played

This has been a tough March Madness for me. As if it’s not bad enough that I currently wallow in the 24th spot in my son Matt’s 31-person pool, Carol — Matt’s mo…

Snowy Fun

Carol and I spent the weekend before last skiing in Vermont. I should say I spent it skiing in Vermont; Carol had just undergone PRPT — platelet-rich plasma therapy — on both her left knee and right elbow. PRPT is the breakthrough non-invasive alternative to surgery, and it’s getting lots of …

Jay Beagle? Seriously?

Jay Beagle

“Just so you know, there’s a player for the Caps [Washington D.C.’s pro hockey team] named Jay Beagle.” This was in an e-mail I received yesterday from a BEAGLE MAN follower from our nation’s capital. [ca…

Ricky, Uggie, and Oscar

And the winner is . . .

I’d gone to see The Artist (run-away winner at the Academy Awards yesterday) last month with a big chip on my shoulder. Carol and I usually agree on which movies we choose, but not this time…