Puppies at play
Alison Baker
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Field NotesWhat Grand Dogs!April 1, 2011
Star of the ClassMarch 20, 2011
Once a week Pippin and Thurber, the Rescue Squad, attend a class in Obedience For Beginners. Thurber, who is around two years old, came to us pre-trained, so a lot of the course is a refresher for him. But for ten-month-old Pippin it’s brand new. (more…)
Not Another Snow Day!March 10, 2011 
Cold snowy winter
The Rescue Squad Stays DownMarch 3, 2011 
Staying Down
Requirements For A BolterFebruary 22, 2011
When My Companion and I decided to move to Cape Cod last year, we made a list of requirements for our new home. Of course, a water view would be terrific. But there were a few real essentials, (more…)
To Be Obedient, or NotFebruary 14, 2011 
Scared puppy
Returning ThurberJanuary 24, 2011
Do you know that feeling that looms up in your chest when you realize you’ve made a mistake? I mean a big mistake, one that will change your life. An irrevocable mistake, the kind where you can’t say, “Oh, never mind.”
That was the feeling that hit me when we came home (more…) An End, A BeginningJanuary 10, 2011
Our little dog Emily died suddenly last fall after a spontaneous pneumothorax – a lung that collapsed for no apparent reason. My Companion and I had adopted her just a year earlier, at the age of eight, and she turned out to be an easy-going comrade for our 12-year-old golden retriever, Oakley. We’d lived (more…)
An OvenbirdSeptember 30, 2009
I saw an ovenbird today, scuffling around in the dead leaves on the far side of the ditch. When it jumped up into the oak tree and posed on a branch, I knew at once what it was, the way you recognize things you’ve read about but (more…)
A Paucity of ButterfliesJuly 23, 2009
This summer we’ve had no butterflies. Oh, we’ve seen an occasional fritillary, two black swallowtails, and a respectable – though not abundant – number of cabbage moths; but not one monarch has flittered across the deck while we eat lunch. And my common milkweed is gorgeous – six feet tall, in full bloom, and utterly (more…)
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