Today was a rainy, cold, miserable weather day here in Maryland, with a high of only 41F, so we decided to do some Christmas shopping and go...

(PICTURE: Dolly chomping her new birthday dinosaur chew bone on their bed in the kitchen, while Franklin vigilantly watches for squirrels ...

(PICTURE: me!) Today, November 29, 2008 is my fourth birthday. In dog years, that makes me 24. Yes, for the first 2 years of a dog's lif...

AROUND THE TABLE LEFT TO RIGHT: Tom, Dolly, Richard, Steve (hiding), Lisa, Jack, Mom Ruth (hiding); Dad Bob (peeking over Hil); Amy (on the ...

My dad used to say to my mother, "Norma, you don't even have to leave the house to get into trouble." How right he was...and s...

Happy Thanksgiving! - This is a picture of an arrangement that Tom made on our kitchen table, with a picture of our dogs, Dolly and Frankl...

Recently, two tv shows we watched killed off supporting characters. GHOST WHISPERER - Melinda (the ghost whisperer) lost her husband, who ha...

This is a story that appears in today's Seattle Times newspaper. I love it! Obviously, this dog was either left outside way too long, n...

(This was a picture from the Internet...it's not a young Tom in his first car!) Wintertime usually brings car trouble. Yes, even thoug...

In announcing the 2008-2009 U.S. Winter Outlook for meteorological winter from December through February, forecasters at the NOAA Climate Pr...

(Tom blowing out birthday candles as Brooke and Pat look on) Today is a wonderful day. The love of my life was born on this date (I won...

It's cold here in Maryland. In fact, very cold for this time of year. Our highs over the last week have been in the upper 30s, which are...