Fred, our beloved beagle, doesn’t cope well with alone time in the house. He comes a little unglued. Bad things happen.

Even if he’s not alone, you can’t ignore him for too long. Bad things could happen. But they’re more likely to be hilarious things. Such was the case last night.

You HATE wrapping Christmas gifts.

But you LOVE Christmas.

You love the finding and the giving and the beauty and the loving and the festive and the wonder and the miraculous of it all.

My roommate is an eleven-year-old. As roommates go, we're pretty compatible. I mean, there's the whole mom and son thing for sure, but there's actually much more that we have in common besides our DNA. We both like music, computers, and to watch anyone who can beat...

There were so many things to love about Mom. She was sweet, wise, kind, generous, and had a knack to make anyone in her presence feel nurtured almost instantly. I was lucky to have her for sure, and I never have to search for positive words to describe her when...