WESTPORT, Kansas City — It’s the City of Fountains, and of blues, and of barbecue, of Hallmark, and of the most likable baseball team in the past decade. It’s a suddenly sexy place to live. It’s also a great place to visit with your dog. (What is this series? Click [Keep reading]
Rusty’s rating — 8 on a scale of 1-10 (but really, incomplete). Pittsburgh is HOT. It’s Silicon Valley East for some folks. It’s the home of self-driving cars, still-within-reach real estate, and a rapidly expanding foodie population. And what happens when you get an influx of young techies in a [Keep reading]
Rusty’s rating: 11 on a scale of 1 to 10 Walk down Center Street in Folly Beach and you’ll find an eclectic collection of beach-y restaurants, bars and coffee shops. All of them have tables on or near the sidewalk, and all of them were happy to see Rusty. I [Keep reading]
Leave the dogs at home or take ’em with you? This is the eternal question facing every dog owner. I’m going to try to help. Regular readers of my column know I’ve spent many years having travel adventures with my golden retrievers — first Lucky, now Rusty. Why travel with [Keep reading]
The idea of a “Second Act” has captured America’s imagination for several reasons. People are living longer, and careers are getting shorter, leading many to search for new meaning as life changes. But if you really want to learn something about second acts, check out Laura Coffey’s new book, My [Keep reading]
Everything we do, kind or evil, ripples through life like the waves that violently and then gently ripple out from a peddle dropped in a pond. Every act, part of a fabric. Many times, we won’t even live to see the consequences of our actions; or they are so distant [Keep reading]
There’s something primal about the reaction you have when spotting a desperate “Lost Dog” sign posted on a tree or in a coffee shop. If you’re like me, you picture a little boy crying nightly for his lost friend; a guilt-ridden parent wondering what he or she could have done; [Keep reading]
As a consumer reporter, product safety falls into my arena of interests. As a dog owner, so does pet safety. A similar thing can be said for my friend who loves to learn more about dogs at websites similar to pupsters passion to ensure they can take the best possible [Keep reading]
Puppy mills have attracted a lot of attention recently, with many states passing high-profile laws designed to make inhumane breeders clean up their act of get out of the business. But as we all know, passing a law can be a meaningless gesture. If a society is judged by [Keep reading]
The words “fun” and “Catholic” don’t seem like they go together, but sometimes they do. Like on St. Francis Day! St. Francis is known for the way he cared for animals, and at many parishes, St. Francis Day means the Blessing of the Animals. Often, priests will greet animals and [Keep reading]
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