National Hug Your Hound Day!

“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz, False Memory Did you know that there is a national day to hug your hound?   Well today is the day! However, if you live with a beloved …

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April’s Fool on Us

When my brother Jason and I were in high school we lived with quite the menagerie: three dogs and a rabbit - oh, and a mom and dad, too.  The dogs and rabbit were as different from each other as they could be, yet they all somehow managed to get along.  The loudest, biggest and …

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Compassion Is Alive. People Do Care.

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret. I have come to believe that compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. ― Albert Schweitzer's Nobel Peace Prize address, “The Problem …

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