One of my favorite book bloggers / podcasters, Modern Mrs. Darcy, hosts an annual conversation in February: What's saving your life right now? February can be a difficult month. Depending where in the world you are, it can be dark, dreary, cold, icy, dry, miserable. So, she encourages her readers to think beyond the gloom and focus on what's keeping you afloat. Here is what's saving my life

Delightfully so, enrichment is a hot topic right now among dog trainers and owners. I'm enrolled in a dog training group called Uniquely Paws-able through Your Inner Dog. It's a group specifically for blind, deaf, and deaf/blind dogs. I'm enjoying it and learning so much. As an added bonus, the trainer, Deb Bauer, leads a monthly read-along of dog-centric, positive training texts. This month?

It's your first "gotcha day," girly, and I'm honestly not sure where the year has gone. Or, actually, I think it passed in an absolute blur because you did not for one second slow down, stop, rest, chill, or relax. Not once. (Until last week but more on that in a minute!) You have kept me on my toes, sprinting from room to room, chasing you all around, pulling things out of your mouth, sweeping

Be warned, dear reader: This is a bout of introspection that veers toward naval gazing. All December long, I felt the pull toward drafting all the year-end content: 2025 in review, top post recaps, 2026 goal setting, and so on. I wasn't pulled because I wanted to write any of that--I didn't and still don't--but because it's what is expected. As someone who has worked on the internet for a