New (doggo) parenthood, and all it comes with

We got Radar last April, and he’s been settling in nicely. Local friends and neighbours who have dogs have been commenting lately on how much better he’s doing on walks and his behaviour as a whole — still far from perfect, mind you — which has been heartening. Validation from your peers evidently still feels … Read more

More people failing at Dog Ownership 101

Since getting Radar, we’ve of course been out and about for walks way more often than we used to. We’ve been in this house for nearing two decades, and I’ve never been out walking two or three times a day — often before the sun is up, because why just be out in sub-zero temperatures … Read more

In praise of audiobooks

While I’ve written previously about bumps in the road to enjoying audiobooks and my take on that score hasn’t changed, I have to say, when they work for me, they really work. Anyone who’s a regular reader of this site will have been lulled half to sleep lately by my monthly What I Read This … Read more

It’s (now) a dog’s life

I’ve been remiss in updating my website the last several weeks. It’s largely because this happened on April 20th… After years of discussing getting a pet — we had a betta fish, but let’s face it, fish only barely qualify as pets — and after weeks of looking intently for either a cat or a … Read more