Think Like a Dog – Looking for Treats Sadie is always looking for treats. Sometimes I think she lives for treats. But treats are important for people, too. They add the spice to life. Watch for Scott’s new book, Think Like a Dog, available now!Scott’s book, Saving Investa, is available on Amazon.com now.Please follow Sadie the Rescue […]
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Sleep is vastly overrated. Who needs eight hours of it? President Kennedy, it is said, managed to govern the country on four hours of sleep per night. I don’t think I’m quite ready to govern the country yet. I had the flu last week. It wasn’t fun. I was very brave. Ivy Scarlett, the German […]
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Thank you all for your prayers. In case you’ve forgotten, I asked you to pray for me because I was feeding a cast of thousands over the July 4 weekend. I also suggested you pray for those I was feeding. For newcomers to this column, if there are any, my cooking skills are pretty much […]
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Since I am pretty solidly Irish (my mother was a Kelly, my dad was a Sullivan – once upon a time, O’Sullivan), I have a love/hate relationship with the Brits. They were, as history points out, quite rude to the Irish back in the century when they ruled Ireland with an iron fist. I won’t […]
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Our children tell me often that I scarred them for life. When they were little, one of the lullabies I sang to them was Go Tell Aunt Rhody. Go tell Aunt Rhody, go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, the old grey goose is dead. The gander is weeping, the gander is weeping, the […]
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I’ve probably mentioned a time or twenty that Bing and I have five children. They are, of course, quite exceptional, or, as Garrison Keillor would say, above average. Three of the said children live in sunny California. The other two are brave Mid-Westerners, residing in Minnesota and Iowa. The three Californians are somewhat smug about […]
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The English language has incorporated many phrases that relate to dogs. Other languages may have also added dog-related phrases. Some phrases can be traced to perceived dog behavior; some are complimentary, and some mischaracterize canine behavior. Common Dog Phrases Some of the more common phrases and their possible meaning and origin follow. Let Sleeping Dogs […]
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Dear Diary…5:45 amI heard Scott’s alarm go off. He got up quickly so I didn’t need to wake him further. Instead, I lay on the nice soft master bed, looked out the big window, and watched the street below to see what was happening outside. I really like the new memory foam mattress. 6:00 am. […]
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Somewhere along the way, Bing and I failed as parents. Big time. All five of our offspring hate dolls. They call them “creepy.” How can this be? My childhood was awash in dolls. I had tea parties with my dolls. I wheeled them around the neighborhood in their little doll buggies. I dressed and re-dressed […]
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Wade, our last-born, texted from Los Angeles the other day asking if I knew what time he was born. I can barely come up with the year any of our five offspring were born – how in the world would I remember the hour? I suppose some super mothers do, but I probably wouldn’t like […]
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