I don’t know her name. I call her Smoky because I rarely see her without a cigarette clasped between her index and middle fingers or dangling from her lips. A tall African America woman perhaps in her 60’s with few teeth and big brown eyes, Smoky lives in a nice apartment in West Hollywood as […]
Five Famous People and Their Dogs … Before Social Media
Celebrities love their dogs, and they love to flaunt their pets on Twitter and Instagram almost as often as they share with the world their favorite Boba flavor. But what about famous people who have gone before us? Did they love dogs as much as we do? The dogs of yore didn’t wear jewelry or […]
Comparing the Death of a Pet to the Death of a Loved One
My 93-year-old Mom once said, “I think you’ll miss Mac when he’s gone more than you’ll miss me.” I jokingly replied, “But Mom, I see him every day, and you’re 3,000 miles away.” Sadly, my Mac is gone and gratefully, Mom is still with us at 96. Losing a pet can be as difficult as […]