“Hey, wanna toss my tennis ball for me?” Who could resist this face?
Sharing is over-rated. I’ve always said it. Most guys I know feel the same way. (I do think this is one of those male/female divides.) I’m talking about…
I met three dogs named Stella at the dog park this morning. Three! Beagle Man says if I’d been a girl, I would have been named Stella, after his mom. Robby says I couldn’t have been a girl because there’s no way he would have let a girl dog in the house. Hey, has anyone noticed Beagle Man has…
Tulip plant (minus tulip)
I only heard about all this last week.
Apparently Luz, who most of you know as Robby’s old baby-sitter and patron saint of Ricky, Kemba, and all dogs everywhere, had planted some tulip seeds two, may…
Best friends
Patty, the youngest of my three nieces, and Teddy, her husband, have a four-and-a-half-year-old black Lab named Bruce. Bruce might just be the nicest dog you’ll ever meet: mellow, friendly, good-natured, well-tr…
I am having the best time EV-ER! We’re out at the beach in Montauk, and Patty and Teddy brought my cousin Bruce. This is
Me and my cousin Bruce
the first time I’ve met him, but he is the GREATEST! I love this guy! At the …
Where he is . . .
This past weekend Kemba jumped off the roof.
Yes, my writing students at Blackham Middle School in Bridgeport, this is hyperbole. But not by much.
Wait, though. Let’s back up a little.
From the time Kemba …
I am SO, SO, SO excited! Mrs. B told me that to welcome me and Beagle Man home from LA/XC-4, and to celebrate the completion of Beagle Man’s series of four cross-country road trips, and to congratulate Robby on his college graduation, she’s throwing a big backyard barbecue FOR ALL THE DOGS I KNO…
LA/XC-4 DAY THIRTY-ONE: POSTING FROM WESTPORT, CT
GREETINGS FROM CONNECTICUT! LA/XC-4 2015
Last-day mileage from Port Clinton, OH to Westport, Ct: 571
Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 8,710
Road Music: Sirius cycle; Spurs-Clipp…
When I’m not writing for Beagle Man, I’m writing for brands. So here’s a summary of my trip in the form of a Best Western commercial.
Best Western Hotels/”Hank and Kemba” :30
WE OPEN ON A MAN AND HIS DOG WALKING INTO THE LOBBY OF A BEST WESTERN. WE HEAR HIS VOICE FROM OFF-CAMERA.
VO: Every yea…
GREETINGS FROM OHIO! LA/XC-4 2015
LA/XC-4 DAYS TWENTY-NINE AND THIRTY: POSTING FROM PORT CLINTON, OHIO
Two-day mileage from Kenosha, WI to Port Clinton, OH: 481
Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 8,139
Road Music: “Sweet Home Alab…
