One thing that has kept me busy for the last few months is helping the local nonprofit that works with our county animal shelter get its ne...

Chase Bird, Christmas 2014 I can’t tell you about the last six months without first telling you about Chase Bird. We lost our b...

Hello, friends! It has been many months since I’ve been in this space. A short time away turned into a longer period than I thought it...

Abbey Hunny Bee Barbour Meet Abbey. She is the newest member of our family. We adopted her yesterday from the Campbell County Animal ...

Waddles and I in 2004.  I searched the magazine racks, back and forth, up and down. The only issue I could find was the next month’s ...

I am ashamed that I haven’t posted in a while and left with no explanation. There are so many things that have kept me from posting. I hope...

Six years ago, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, our Thunder Cat crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Thunder Cat was Larry’s first cat, and I officiall...

I can’t help but be glad that January is over. I spent a good part of it sick with various ailments and took three different antibiotics tr...

This is Chase Bird sitting on my lap while we watched the Virginia/Virginia Tech basketball game Sunday. At one point, it looked like Virg...

One morning in late October, Chase Bird and I shared some time looking out the window that overlooks the driveway and side yard. Chase Bi...

Fall colors: red leaves and blue sky. It’s that time of year again when driving, especially at night, makes me a little nervous becau...

I am letting this photograph and some quotes speak for me today. “Animals, like us, are living souls. They are not things. They are not...

Chase Bird, April 2013 How do you know when it’s the right time to add a new animal to your family? When Larry and I got marrie...

“Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around...