Max spent 173 days in the shelter, constantly overlooked as people chose younger, smaller dogs. Five months and three weeks watching potential adopters walk through, stop at other kennels, choose other dogs, […]
On a quiet route in rural West Virginia, mail carrier Linda Foster noticed that Mr. Henson’s porch light stayed off longer each morning. A small detail most people wouldn’t register. But Linda […]
This is Charlie… the dog born with literal heart-shaped eyes. The photograph shows exactly that—a Dalmatian mix with the most extraordinary facial markings. Around each eye, black spots form nearly perfect heart […]
Roy L. Powell served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1970. Four years in a war that tested every soldier who fought there, that demanded endurance and courage beyond what most people can […]
At 90, I was told pets were too much work. Well-meaning family and friends, probably. Concerned about her age, her energy levels, the physical demands of pet care. Worrying that at ninety, […]
They were the silent laborers of the coal mines. Not celebrated, not remembered in most histories, barely acknowledged in the stories we tell about industrialization and the coal that powered the modern […]
Tommy Woodcock shared a bond with his stallion Reckless that transcended racing. Not just the professional relationship between trainer and horse, not just the partnership that exists when humans and animals work […]
Two boys knocked at 7 AM offering to shovel my snow-buried driveway for twenty dollars total. Early morning, freezing cold, two kids at the door with a business proposition that most people […]
When Queen recorded “The Show Must Go On” in 1990, Freddie Mercury was so ill that Brian May worried he couldn’t handle the demanding high notes. This wasn’t normal recording session concern […]
After a Little League game, a father and son encountered something unexpected—a tangled moose calf while its mother watched helplessly nearby. The calf had gotten itself caught somehow, probably in fencing or […]