A Tribute to Bonnie
20 October 2023 Bonnie Lynne Milligan, my first beagle, truly was my dog, but she truly was not a beagle, at least not a pure-bred one....
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Sep 25, 2023
My Gabrielle
25 September 2023 On 25 September 2023, Gabrielle, the Snowshoe Cat, quietly passed away in her sleep. The Home Cat has journeyed to her...
Sep 3, 2023
Clearing the Runway
3 September 2023 I left my comfort zone today, for at least a few hours. I can’t confirm that I actually possess a comfort zone. The...
Jun 14, 2023
Quiet Times
14 June 2023 I’ve begun reading Doctor Zhivago (my first edition). I was halfway through reading this book during the autumn of 2016,...
May 29, 2023
Memorial to Chance
29 May 2023 There are no words, even for a writer, to adequately and accurately address the life of Chance Beaumont. I feel equally inept...
Feb 11, 2023
More About Buttermilk
11 February 2023 “We” — my Muse and I — have climbed down from that Uncompahgre Plateau, now that THE SILENT HEART has been completed,...
Jan 11, 2023
Buttermilk - Ready for His Close-Up
11 January 2023 This past December, Chance the wonder-hound needed to have a skin tag removed. It was supposed to have been a minor...
Jun 7, 2022
The Normand Hound
June 2022 The Last Waltz The Normand Hound It’s always easy for me to see, in retrospect, how a novel of mine comes to be. I’ve a fixed...
Feb 25, 2022
The Snowshoe - Ribbon of Honor
25 February 2022 Gabrielle is such a brave cat that I once wrote an essay to detail her exploits against an annoying and intrusive...
Sep 25, 2021
Heading Into Autumn
25 September 2021 The pets are heading into autumn, and, not far behind them, am I. Dear Husband is keeping pace with them! The Problem...
Sep 7, 2020
The Home-Cat and the Hound
September 2020 Gabrielle is the Home-Cat now, in the new house called Larkhaven. After her release from 10 days of spacious...
Jun 21, 2020
My Black Cat
Summer Solstice 2020 I hesitated about posting this information about my black cat, Annabella, or, as I called her, My Annabelle. She...
Sep 27, 2019
An Ode to Uno
27 September 2019 This post is not a poem or even a song, but an outpouring of a grateful heart which is, in its highest sense, a poem or...
Aug 21, 2019
Bridget Memories
21 August 2019 Yesterday, almost accidentally, I found the Bridget Fabrics: layers cakes and charm packs and jelly rolls from The Fat...
Feb 5, 2018
Home Depot Dog - His Chariot Awaits
February 2018 Home repairs and sprucing up the Homestead for sale have brought Chance to the local Home-Store often enough that the hound...
Jan 8, 2018
Terry the Terrier
January 2018 My novel, THE POINT OF THE SWORD, features a little terrier called Terry. The name might seem redundant, but I hold a...
Nov 6, 2017
The New Exit Route
November 2017 There are new garage doors to the “barn” that comprises our garage. The two wooden doors were relics from the early 1960s....
Jul 4, 2017
The Double-Yankee-Doodle-Dandy
3 July 2017 When we first brought Chance home, we knew that this beagle had some very large paws to fill, although his paws are quite...
Oct 29, 2016
Welcome Home Chance
October 2016 We welcomed home Chance Beaumont Milligan on 14 October 2016, a rain-soaked Friday in northern California. Born on 2 July...
Nov 11, 2015
Pets, Real and Fictional - Introduction
November 2015 Our beloved beagle, Bootsie, was a profound source of inspiration for me to complete THE DAWN. On a sunny, warm day in...
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