It comes in clusters. Systems you always depended on break down, usually all at once. Some weeks, even months are like that. Keep your perspective and remember it's all cyclical. Who knows if you'll be around to see the next cycle? Do you want to be? 17 days post El...

The featured photo is Sue Ellen, resident at Fauna Foundation, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Staff says she is partial to scarves and necklaces. She's an older girl: born in 1967. She is the only chimpanzee we got to see at a recent visit to the Foundation. Much more...

Visit Project Coyote for perspective and facts about America's Song Dog. No, he won't eat your children. More likely, he or she will play with your big happy goofball Golden/Shepherd. In my experiences, the female is the player and Coyote Dad is the sober gatekeeper....