Life’s Little Gifts

by | Sep 2, 2009 | college, Daughter, Dog, Uncategorized

I’ve been feeling a little blue since my Darling Daughter went back to college.  Today, life seemed to be trying to cheer me up by dropping small treasures into my day:  1) Today dawned sunny, warm and with NO HUMIDITY, something unheard of at this time of year...

Brodie update

by | Jun 30, 2009 | Dog, Family, Uncategorized

Here’s my adorable niece Jessica, giving Brodie his favorite thing: a belly rub.  Turns out the Devil Dog is amazingly good with children.  Who’d a thunk? Brodie is finally settling in.  He’s a rub junkie and will melt into the floor with a moan of...

I’m not the only one!

by | Mar 8, 2009 | Dog, ice hockey, Uncategorized

For those of you who think I’m totally insane, I wanted to quote this little item from The Hockey News: Columbus netminder 20-year-old Steve Mason’s hockey idol is (NJ Devils goalie)  Martin Brodeur.  Mason’s bedroom in the family’s Oakville,...

The Unseen Hand

by | Feb 1, 2009 | college, Daughter, Dog, ice hockey, Uncategorized

It’s a term my favorite hockey announcer Doc Emrick uses to explain the invisible force that seems to help you in weird ways.   This is my "unseen hand" story:  Yesterday I had to drive Brodie the Devil Dog to Rover Ranch and Spa.   (Rover Ranch is a...

Brodie finds a friend

by | Nov 16, 2008 | Dog, Uncategorized

Okay, so his friend looks like the Hound of the Baskervilles but he’s really just a two-year-old German Shepherd named Trace who belongs to my friend Lynn.  The first time the two of them met, they ran around my backyard in circles and figure 8s for twenty...