Dog of a Lifetime
Mr. Maple has always been a Collie with his own agenda, a “lone wolf” from birth. He was the first puppy out of his mother’s womb and immediately made his way to the far...
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The Goodie Life
I had just put my head on the pillow. Nap time. Or rather, that was my intention. But barking happens. The ten-month-old Collie Puppy started barking, a funny little bark, right next to the...
Lives of Poets and Other Stuff
The wee hours, a few days before Thanksgiving. Done with sleeping, done with dreaming, I’m standing in my library watching shadows play along the bookshelves. What to do? A famous philosopher once heard a...
A Dog Story
I wanted to try my hand at writing a dog story. First, I needed to get a dog. What kind of dog? A collie. But why stop there? I told my wife that we...