I thought the highlight of my Alaskan vacation would be glaciers, but looking back on the past two weeks, what really stands out are the dogs. Since 1972, dog mushing has been the official state sport ...

SAY the word "safari", and it's game drives that immediately come to mind: jouncing in a jeep through African plains, gawking at the stretch of unending wilderness, marvelling at the majesty of the ...

Hungry. Tired. Bored. Sitting in a pile of poop. Recently, my wife Barb and I had the four grandchildren staying with us. The age range is a 5-year-old, 3-year-old, and twin three-month old babies. As ...

Puppy sitting is a lot like babysitting. I had nearly forgotten what it was like to have a puppy until I agreed to help out a friend for a week. I'm still recovering, but not because it was ...

Contracting Covid-19 and being quarantined with a stranger in a hotel room turned out to be one of the best things that happened to me during this pandemic. I caught the bug a couple of weeks after I ...