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Shakespeare definitely had it right when he wrote: “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”  March, that year, not only came in like a lion, but went out leaving us feeling as if we were facing

Max continued to be a mixture of klutz, disobedient hellion, clever trickster, spoiled brat and independent thinker.  He would race through the woods with such abandon that he regularly hit trees and almost knocked himself out. Alternately, he would pick

It was abundantly obvious when Max had completely recovered because he reverted to ‘Hell on Paws’ mode again.  The command, “Come”, was no longer in his vocabulary, witness the day he took off in pursuit of a spaniel, ran right

The first weeks of 1994 were depressing.  We and the world were out of joint.  The news was dominated by news of Sue Rodriguez’s right to die, or downers from the world of figure skating. Brasseur and Eisler placed third

Poor Max was still in a lot of pain, so he was very restless in the night—not a good thing since we were all exhausted from the New Year’s Eve party.  The girls were able to flop on the couch

The few days following Christmas were lovely.  Max enjoyed long walks on the crisp, frosty mornings, and afternoon visits with friends and family, not to mention leftover turkey and all the other treats that were part of the festive season. 

Once we’d decided to create a Max puppet, the possibilities seemed endless.  Max was to replace the poodle in the Christmas show, but I soon realized that I could build a series of shows around his various tricks.  And since

In spite of the decorating and the festive songs tinkling from the radio, I could not come up with a concept for my Christmas song.  I had written a good script, which included three Pelham animal marionettes—a cat, a poodle

The day after the election, we set off to meet Edna and Brandy as usual.  It had snowed in the night, and then frozen, so the ground was treacherous.  To add to the hazardous conditions, we were joined by an

November passed in a blur.  There were still all the usual responsibilities:  Running the home, feeding the family, taking the girls to activities, and walking and training Max.  I was also trying to work on the role of Violetta with