Daylight Dog Time

Regardless of their owners’ politics, dogs overwhelmingly agree that the time change is a bad thing. Our dog Ringo is strongly opposed. Every year we go through this. Yesterday afternoon it started at 4 o’clock. Ringo (lip quivering and tail wagging): “Time to eat!” Me: “Not yet. You have to wait an hour.” Ringo: “What?…

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Doggy Bag: Char-Grill

We need a break from politics. So today’s blog comes from our dog Ringo. It’s the first in a series of Doggy Bag restaurant reviews for dogs and their owners. Sometimes I go out to eat with my people. (Note to Gary: dogs, like divas and big-time CEOs, have “people.” Not “owners.”) This week, we…

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Walking with dogs

We all get tired of talking about politics. So let’s talk about dogs. Specifically, walking with dogs. Thanks to the mysterious workings of Facebook, something written 18 months ago popped up on my feed. And touched a chord. It was an August 2015 column by the N&O’s John Drescher, “Walking in all seasons with the…

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