* * *  COUNTDOWN:  27 DAYS TO LA/XC-2  * * * 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 — …

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Lately, Beagle Man keeps talking about how I should get a job.  Cosmonaut?  Beagle Brigade?  I already have a job — lots of them!  I announce every guest who shows up at our house.  I …

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 i…

Dog days of summer You can follow Beagle Man on Facebook and Twitter

I’m starting to get really excited about my next cross-country road trip with Beagle Man; we take off in less than 6 weeks!  And this time I finally get to meet…

[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:  …

Hot day, cool spot You can follow Beagle Man on Facebook and Twitter

Well it’s about time! Beagle Man finally took me along to Montauk this past weekend.   He’s been leaving me behind in Westport, just be…

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 …