What it looked like in Montana in late December: The view from the house: Tuley’s Snow Adventures, or, How to Tucker Out your Terrier: Amusements in zero-degree weather: Snow jumping keeps you warm(er): 1. Frosty Redfoot. 2. Driving home: turkeys obey no traffic laws: It sure is beautiful there. Cold, Continue Reading
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watchin’ the Olympics
Pelicans, feathers of joy, 1913 and a generous librarian
In 1913 the architect A.E. Doyle built a beach cottage in Manzanita, a lonely hamlet on the wild Oregon coast. He built it for Mary Isom, Portland’s head librarian. (Doyle finished Portland’s lovely new “crown jewel,” the Central Library, the same year.) Among library staff Mary is informally considered our Continue Reading
Fly Terriers, Kazoos, and Other People’s Grandpas. And Hair.
Our dog Tuley was rescued from a sidewalk on the day she was born and her provenance remains a mystery. People ask us all the time what kind of dog she is, and we hate to disappoint (or miss an opportunity to embellish), so sometimes we say she’s a Cairn Continue Reading
puppies are helpful
This is the first meeting between Tuley (who is now one and a half) and Molly, our friends’ new puppy. Tuley frolics with puppy Molly