Suddenly the sky grew dark. As rain started pouring down, I closed my eyes, raised my face, and let it wash away my tears.
Author: Susan Dyer Reynolds
Oh sweet angel of mine Gone to sail through the night In my heart you’ll always be I hope that you’ll remember me Wherever you are Goodnight, goodnight, My sweet love you’re beautiful Goodnight, goodnight, The stars up above will be bright … Goodnight, my beautiful goodbye — “Beautiful Goodbye,” by Josh Kelley I opened […]
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Blame Charlie’s owner’s deed, not the breed
When a dog named Charlie chased and attacked a police horse at Crissy Field five months ago,the media put on their usual pit bull and pony show, replete with ignorance, vitriol, misinformation, and downright lies. The San Francisco Chronicle‘s C.W. Nevius loves a bad pit bull story, because people who feel passionately on both sides […]
Still far away From where I belong But it’s always darkest Before the dawn … I’m coming home, I’m coming home Tell the world I’m coming home Let the rain wash away All the pain of yesterday … — Coming Home, Part II, by Skylar Grey My dear friends Bill and Elizabeth decided we should […]
People who love dogs often talk about a “lifetime” dog. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways. — Jon Katz, A Good Dog Jasmine Blue was my lifetime dog. As I drove to San Francisco Animal […]
Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It’s the only way to live In cars — “Cars,” by Gary Numan Skylar Grey slept all the way home. She was exhausted from being spayed that morning, but it still seemed strange to me how comfortable she was — […]
Like a Band-Aid, you take the heartache and make it OK No more pain … You take the anger off my brain and the wrinkle off my brow I don’t know how you do what you do, but you do do it Well, I’m sticking to you like Velcro, And I won’t go where you […]