ON THE VERGE

Friday, we had a bubble party at the library, but first the police came because I accidentally tripped the alarm. I was the first one in tha...

I am floating in a swimming pool on a pink flamingo. When I lean back, the sky is a bright blue splotch, the sun peeking out behind the tree...

All week I was fighting a grouchy mood. First, it was the heat and how every time you went outside it was like slogging through a steam bath...

No one felt like celebrating the 4th of July, so we walked the dogs and watched the Tour de France on and off, and later we went over to the...

I was standing in line at the farmers' market waiting to buy a chicken, when suddenly, on the sidewalk two dogs started fighting. Or rat...

The dog is having trouble walking. She’s thirteen and I know what’s coming for her and I don’t want to think about it. The other day she stu...

The week had all the makings of a bad one, but then I tried a spoonful of cookie butter.  I had never heard of this product before, but I wa...