Pearl River      There are cat people, and there are dog people.  Some are probably both.  I’m with the dog team.  I’ve had dogs almost all my life, at least when I had something to say about it. Mitzi was a small, who knows what breed mutt dog, my brother and I had her while …

            Coyoacan        The end of every year is a nice time, despite the news of the day refusing to bring the peace that is almost its hallmark.  There’s some closure, some time for contemplation, some time for family, rest, and relaxation.  Rather than trying to keep up, we’re able to pretend for a minute that …

            Pearl River      For decades, with good cause, people up and down the line have blasted Christmas as a commercial fandango.  Black Friday sales have bled into Thanksgiving in much the same way, but despite Amazon and the NFL, Thanksgiving still stubbornly remains a family-centered day, damn them all. I thought about this as mi …