Our house has a mixed blessing: a very large floor-to-ceiling front window.  This window lets in wonderful light, and when my in-laws built this house over fifty years ago, that was exactly what they had in mind. I imagine they envisioned sunlight flooding through the window on sunny days, and the glare from snow masquerading [...]

Ever since I was a little girl, my mother has held conversations with me through our pups. No, the pups aren’t channeling the spirit of my mother. She is very much alive and well. She just uses the dogs sort of like puppets, if you will. On a recent visit, it went something like this:

Rumor: [...]