Wilmington Historic Grave Search

I am helping organize a historic grave search with cadaver dogs in Eastern North Carolina from Sept. 12 to 14. An African-American church’s graveyard is being relocated because of a […]

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Second-Dog Syndrome

Here’s a post I wrote on Coda that appeared in the Dodo, a great new online magazine devoted to animals. They called it “My Dogs Do Sensitive Work. Will My […]

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The Accidental Reader

Thank you, dog bloggers and emailers, for letting me be an accidental reader. Since the book’s publication in October, one of my greatest joys has been subtler than one might […]

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That’ll Do

I have second dog syndrome, and Coda is my fourth shepherd. I am such a beginner. Again. At 11 months old, Coda remains an enigma and a challenge. One friend, […]

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