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  • THE LIGHT IN THE OTHER PRACTICE ROOM

    THE LIGHT IN THE OTHER PRACTICE ROOM Before allowing myself to stop practicing at night, I would look down from the boarding-school dormitory toward my friend’s practice room, and if her light was still on, I felt as though I could not leave. Leaving first felt like losing. My sister and I left home to…

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  • LOVE CHANGES WHAT WE CALL WORK

    Every now and then someone tells me, “Well, that is easy for you.” I usually laugh a little when I hear that because there is almost nothing about the way I live that happened easily. People see the dogs running across ten acres, the puppies eating raw food, the garden, the freezers, the articles, the…

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  • WHAT IF WE COULD TURN DOG SHOWS AROUND?

    The ribbon was never supposed to be the final destination Michael Nelinson ‘s article, “Dog Shows 1980–Today: How Things Have Changed,” kept me thinking most of the night. The article stayed with me for an unexpected reason. It wasn’t because I suddenly disagreed with dog shows or because I believed Michael had uncovered a single…

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