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Truce!

Matt’s 36.  Greg is 33.  Robby’s 24.  So you’d think my days of dealing with sibling rivalry were history. Then came Kemba.  And Baby Ryan. Technically, they’re not siblings.  (Okay, technically they’re not even the same species.)  But now that Greg and Kelly have moved up from NYC to WePo, Kemba…

Dark Shadow and the Red Streak

The Dark Shadow You’ve met Jake before:  First, as one of Ricky the Beagle’s “Best Friends” (back in 2011), and more recently, as the killer of already-dead bunnies (“Rabbit Stew?”).  Jake, along with Nancy and Steve, came to…

It’s Good To Be King

Mount Rushmore took a big hit last Monday. Serious shoes to fill Tom Petty’s passing left a gaping hole in the Beagle Man’s personal musical stratosphere.  TP’s nine-and-a-half songs in My Favorite 300 Songs Ever rank second …

Rabbit Stew?

Eleven-thirty, Friday night, September 8.  I’d already opted for an E.T.B. (that’s sleepaway camp terminology for early-

My Scariest Half Hour Ever*

Yesterday’s excitement started shortly after Kemba’s daily first-thing-in-the-morning beach session (pee/poop/fetch-sticks-in-ocean).  The sky was already beginning to look ominous, and a thunderstorm was in the forecast — but I had planned to go for a run, and you all know how much I love changi…

Birthday Boy

[caption id="attachment_6744" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Please note the Canadian flag Party favors “Hey, could you bring down some rope from the house so we can cordon off our section of the beach to stop the …

Who’s Cutest?

I pulled up to the fence outside Jack’s Coffee in Amagansett on my bike.  Greg and Kelly were Kemba? already there, sitting on one of the benches.  Greg had just finished his workout across the street at Barry’s Bootcamp.  Ke…

Take-Your-Dog-To-School Day

Hank’s Gang: L-R, standing: Edith, Jorion, Ashley, Jaysa, Aaliyah; Foreground: Victoria (Edith’s little sister), Kelly, Kemba In my most recent post, I wrote about the dogs who crashed my high school reunion two weeks ago.  W…

Dogs Crash THS ’67 Reunion!

. . . And no, Kemba wasn’t one of them. Yup. The Beagle Man. But he certainly got his share of notoriety in absentia!  Sandy Stark, the first of my classmates to spot me as I cruised through the doors of the Teaneck (NJ) Marr…

A Relaxing Day at the Dog Park

It’s 9:15 AM — a gorgeous, blue-sky spring day.  I’m driving over to Winslow Park My boys for a fun, relaxing time with my boys, Kemba and Ruckus. I park in the Westport Playhouse lot, in the absolute closest spot to the off-…

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