If nature tells us anything about life, it’s that it is plentiful, varied, ingenious, while most often being short, brutal, violent, but mostly just plain strange. The reality is most things die because something else consumes them. The food chain,…

Written by Steve and Dr. Dru Pollinger, VMD with Helayne Rosenblum Cover Design by Jeff Slater, Slater Creative LLC. Imagine every sound you hear could be something trying to kill you. Imagine being alone in the dark—cold, hungry, without shelter…

Recently, we faced the reality of the tenuous and temporary nature of life. Ralph, our daughter’s fifteen-year-old Yorkie, began acting strange. Shaking and lethargic, we faced the real possibility that his time was drawing to an end and a decision…

Each Christmas for the past few years, our daughter’s dogs have been our surrogate children allowing us to indulge in buying toys. What I have always wondered, seeing the way one of them, Seamus—a rescue mutt of complicated genetic heritage—reacts…

Or How to Enjoy Life by just Being Alive (some old pieces I thought I would share once again) This is Seamus. Technically speaking, Seamus is a refugee, rescued by the compassion of several unknown Americans and welcomed into my…

(A repost from 2 years ago.  People die all the time and I rarely think of them, but Max I remember quite often with a smile and a tear) He was just a dog… His official AKC registered name is…

(A guest post by Seamus) Contrary to what a cursory look at my physical appearance would suggest, I am not a dog.  I am a fully articulate sentient lifeform with deep emotional needs and expectations from my staff. Just my…

We live along the Blackstone Valley Bike Path in Rhode Island. It is one of the nicest places to walk along the Blackstone River and catch glimpses of an ever-changing variety of birds and animals. Unfortunately,  intellectually challenged versions of the…

Whenever I buy something new, I am always amused by the instructions or warnings. In particular, the universal stick figure illustrations that attempt to transcend language differences. My personal favorite is the warnings on the desiccant pack included with most…