With my birthday in late July, I am left with only one more year as a sexagenarian (look it up,…

When I was a married man, my wife and I owned a summerhouse on the south shore of Long Island…

The cutting chill of winter is slowly, grudgingly giving it up for spring which is lurking somewhere just beyond the…

This column is reposted in celebration of the life of Mordecai Siegal, a longtime goodnewsforpets.com columnist and friend who passed…

As we leisurely stroll down life’s bucolic lanes and roads, with a lollygag here and a vegetative gaze there, resembling…

One of lower Manhattan’s busiest thoroughfares is Houston Street. Hold it, guys. New Yorkers pronounce it, HOUSE-ton Street. Recently, I…

Nestled between the many disadvantages of living in New York City there is the benefit of always having something current…

If I could afford the side trip, I would enjoy teaching what I have learned about writing over the past…

Those who know me are aware of my aversion to country living. For me it is all too quiet among…

The Dog Writers Association of America was appropriately born ina back room at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in…