He loves his dog, and his routine

"We're halfway through our morning routine!" said the chipper older gentleman behind me in line at Trader Joe's. "She could be a service dog, look how good she is, she knows the routine!" he said, smiling lovingly toward his sweet Pittie patiently waiting for a treat. Here you go, Cassie, I offered, digging out one …

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From Santa Fe to Seattle: A Christmas Journey

I already knew the answer. Even if my senior cat was a little slimmer than in his licking-the-bowl-clean heyday of yore, my long-torsoed, Bombay beauty was not going to fit under an airplane seat. "Guess we're road tripping it then," my less-than-enthusiastic husband sighed. The week of Christmas. I'd already made peace with spending the …

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