Just got off the phone with Robby, in L.A. He called to wish Ricky a happy birthday. I put the phone on speaker, and Robby sang. Ricky had been snoozing on the playroom couch, and he kept right on snoring
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! …
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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
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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…
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
“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.
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