FAT CHANCE
He couldn’t exactly conceal himself behind a cloud, as he often wished, and Izzy  was finding it rather difficult to remain inconspicuous as he sauntered among his High School classmates after the day’s final buzzer had sounded.
Izzy Chancey weighed a little over 300 pounds and the Cushing’s syndrome he bore made each step a [...]

I’m thinking about writing my memoirs, and I’d like to share some trade secrets with the canine community.
Sometimes I lay down on my side with my eyes closed and periodically kick my hind legs. Someone will almost always say, “she’s chasing rabbits.” Actually I’m chasing that ever elusive biscuit. I earn points this way for [...]

I’m always hungry and I’ll never pass up a chance to scrounge for something edible. And it doesn’t even have to be edible to get me to investigate.
But there are times there’s more important things on my mind besides food or drink.
Like today when my man owner was giving off a scent that had me [...]

Judy never complained. Jeff had to peel back her layers of armor to get her to admit she was suffering.
“When did this happen?”, Jeff asked as he helped her hobble to bed.
“I sprained my ankle this morning. Clumsy me,” Judy said. “I tripped over my own feet.”
He propped up her pillow and she sat back [...]

GOING HOME
His drive from Las Vegas to Huntington Beach had been filled with self-doubt, self-debate, and fraught with regrets. The 300 miles of continuous inclines and declines were characteristic of his adult life, but when he pulled into his parents’ driveway, James Morton knew he’d find the answers he needed in the house he used [...]