Rocky, who is now 8 months old, doesn’t care about the pandemic. So I watch him…and try to take a page from his playbook. He doesn’t ruminate about how long we’ll be sheltering in place. He stays in “the now,” happy that he has what he needs: food, walks, and belly rubs. I first began […]
Stepping into Someone Else’s Paws
For months, I agonized about adopting a dog. (The phrase “getting a dog” doesn’t capture the experience.) A dog is not like a human partner, but it is no less a relationship. The day I take home a dog, I enter into a a lifetime pact — ’til death (mine or the dog’s) do we […]