Search google for the word, September, and countless links that include ‘melancholy’ immediately pop up. Why this sadness? Is it the end of summer? The changing light? The fact that for years, Starbucks’ pumpkin latte never contained any actual pumpkin?
It’s been a good 17 years since we’ve had a puppy in our house, much less two, and I think Jerry Seinfeld’s wonderful joke about toddlers—“a two year old is like a blender that doesn’t have a top”- also easily applies to young canines.
Everyone has known for ages that women, on average, live longer than men and now researchers appear to have found that there is a reason why women actually age slower.
We do everything slower, by the way. We’re exhausted. But that’s not the reason.
Perhaps we’ll get another dog,’ I had written, what, three weeks ago? ‘Perhaps we’ll take a break from dogs for a bit...’
As Florence approached the western part of the state, it appeared certain events at The World Equestrian Games would be canceled as no one knew quite how waterlogged the showgrounds might become.
After two years, this was the day I’d been waiting for.
A rather breathtaking headline rung round the world last week:
‘Stunning anti-ageing breakthrough could see humans live to 150 and see regenerating organs by 2020 for the price of a coffee a day!’
Wait a minute, whaaaa?
Having recently lost our 16 year old one-eyed Jack/Rat terrier, Rosie, as quiet as she was, how silent the house has become.
Within the cluster of television reboots comes a film sequel that, quite frankly, I’m surprised took this long. Tom Cruise has begun filming the sequel to Top Gun in Norfolk, Virginia, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
A friend of mine recently posted a rather funny ‘meme’ on Facebook titled, ‘Barbie at 55,’ which showed the iconic blond doll sprawled on a couch with middle aged spread, her over-dyed hair now brittle and tucked into pigtails, a tub of popcorn between her thighs and ‘cankles.’
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