People are truly going to the dogs, these days. And, to the cats. Our pets are taking charge, front and center, both on the net and on TV. I can hardly turn on the morning talk shows (have them on in the background while I blog) without noticing a story on pets. Seems that the down economy and the e...

THIS IS THE 4th TIME I HAVE TRIED TO EDIT THIS BLOG. I APOLOGIZE TO THE GUESTS! THIS SHOW RAN LONGER THAN 1 HOUR BUT IS AVAILABLE ON THE STREAM AND DOWNLOAD! Tonight's guest was Joy Turner and she was insightful, delightful and very candid regarding the subject of talking with your animals!  Joy ha...

In the dotcom era of the mid to late 1990s. I thought often of my grandmother. Specifically, I began to wonder if the folkways she possessed — like how to douse for water with the forked limb of the peach tree — were just a tiny splinter of a lost body of knowledge. Whether there were ot...