St. Thomas Dog Blog

There are unsung heroes among us.  Almost everyone knows one or two, or at least has   encountered them.  They’re usually not thought of as heroic or civic-minded.  Instead, they’re used as code for loneliness with a bit of looniness thrown in.  In cautionary tales of self-help articles and advice from well-intentioned relatives, you might hear [...]

Dorothy Stewart I’m reading Michael Schaffer’s One Nation Under Dog.  Very interesting.  He talks about something I’ve thought about – the term “pet parent.”  When I first encountered this phrase, I saw it as, yes, a bit ‘politically correct’, as in it’s bad to think of yourself as an authority figure over another being.  It’s [...]