Hi all — it’s still Mike here. Beth’s taking this work retreat seriously, staying offline as much as she can — but the short of it is, all is well. That staph infection that put a scare into us has passed, thanks to some attentive and caring folks up in Johnson, Vt. at the Vermont […]

Hi folks, here’s the first of my substitute blog appearances. Hope you’ll bear with me while Beth’s in her residency at the Vermont Studio Center.–Mike So, Beth and I were in Montreal before we dropped her in Vermont. Everything about our Quebec weekend was fabulous. Fantastic food, charming people–and some great artwork–in our hotel! But more […]

Whitney and I got off the train from Milwaukee Saturday only to turn around and jump in the car with Mike to drive down to Champaign! I spoke to an animal sciences class yesterday morning at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and Whitney stole the show, of course. My three-year-old Golden Retriever/Yellow Lab cross […]

It’s guest post time again. Here’s my husband Mike Knezovich. It’s Westminster Dog Show time — bringing infinite Facebook posts of mugshots of canine contestants, and, for those of us who love that kind of thing, internal laughs just thinking about the movie spoof set at this annual event, “Best in Show.” (Best line from […]

You will no doubt remember the poignant guest post that Hava Hegenbarth wrote about her assignment at the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda. This second guest post by Hava demonstrates just how wide and varied her life experiences are –it’s about a puppy named Spinner she raised for Leader Dogs in Rochester, Michigan. Well, done, Spinner […]