The (Dog) Boys of Summer
My dog Chloe has been in a serious relationship for two years now. Her boyfriend is a handsome English Setter named Rainbow, and they are very well-matched. Both weigh about sixty pounds, and both are not-very-birdie bird dogs. Both love play tug and keepaway; both love to swim in our nearby […]

Below is an essay I wrote in the winter of 2002, when I was still numb from all the 911 horror. You can tell by the prose alone just how numb I was. I was so numb I didn’t realize I was numb, know what I mean? Another thing I didn’t realize at the time […]