When I saw the peonies just poking their new shoots above the ground next to your house, it was almost too much to bear. I love peonies. In 1991 we bought the house on Strawberry Hill back in Dover Massachusetts. The perennial gardens were seventy years old then, and I had no idea what was… Continue reading Dear Catherine
Tag: Deerhound
When Only a Dog Will Do
My husband used to be afraid to leave town. He travelled a lot on business, and he never knew what he might come home to. That is because when I get stressed, as is often the case, and if chocolate and a good glass of red wine fail to comfort me, I tend to look… Continue reading When Only a Dog Will Do
A Dog Story
I am not in the habit of writing obituaries for dogs. But some things you just can’t let go of. Maybe it is because Thanksgiving is approaching, and Thanksgiving four years ago was the start of all this dog’s troubles, or maybe it’s just that the shorter days and longer nights give cause for contemplation,… Continue reading A Dog Story
For Lu
I am good at many things, but I have never been particularly good at training dogs. Never saw much point in it really, since I love the laid back nature of hounds, deerhounds in particular. Apart from occasionally eating all of the seatbelts and the bumpers off my Suburban, and removing saplings from the yard… Continue reading For Lu