Category: Henry-the-Hound

Henry-the-Hound comically asleep with his head hanging off our leather armchair
Asheville, Autumn, Chef David, Dogs, Essays, Family, Food, Henry-the-Hound, Home, Hurricane Helene, Journaling, Non-Fiction, North Carolina, Scout-the-Goldapeake-Retriever, Storytelling, The South, Travel, Writing

Sunday Almanac: It Is Good to Be Home

The season has changed and suddenly I find myself anticipating the holidays. I am the first to condemn the world for jumping the gun on every ‘Hallmark’ holiday, to thumb my nose at Halloween swag on store shelves in August and Christmas décor in October, and so this mood is unusual for me. I offer only the paltry excuse that a sense of nostalgia settled … Continue reading Sunday Almanac: It Is Good to Be Home

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Fallen Tree Farm Bed & Breakfast Carlisle, PA
Architecture, Chef David, Dogs, Henry-the-Hound, History, Journaling, Non-Fiction, Photography, Scout-the-Goldapeake-Retriever, Travel, Writing

Travelogue: We Three Land in Carlisle

Cross the Mason-Dixon line driving north through Virginia (and a small, weirdo finger of West Virginia) and you enter Pennsylvania’s topographically interesting southern reaches, with the Appalachians all around, and the northernmost outpost of Krispy Kreme Donuts in Scranton, home of the fictitious and also delicious Dunder Mifflin. It is what we did Monday afternoon, arriving at Fallen Tree Farm near Carlisle well before nightfall … Continue reading Travelogue: We Three Land in Carlisle

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Henry-the-Hound on the fireplace hearth
Dogs, Essays, Family, Henry-the-Hound, Home, Journaling, Non-Fiction, Photography, Running, Running With Dogs, Scout-the-Goldapeake-Retriever, Storytelling

Sunday Almanac: Introducing Danger Dog

Maybe he doesn’t speak English, my son observed roughly three weeks ago, just after we invited one smallish hound (think mid-sized two-door sedan) into our family. Get over here, please, stat, I beseeched him, and thankfully he and his BFF complied, driving the five hours from Asheville and arriving on a Sunday night. They spent several comical hours trying to address the dog in various … Continue reading Sunday Almanac: Introducing Danger Dog

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