Reasons to be beautiful There was a boy/a very strange/enchanted boy/they say he wandered very far,very far/over land and sea/a little shy and sad of eye/but very wise was he.” This boy, who had no more than eighteen years, was born in a wealthy family. His name was Thom. His mother and fat...

Death of A Dog It was impossible to miss him. There he would be, stretched out, occupying a full 5 feet of prime real estate on the front porch - forcing everyone to negotiate his way around him . He was Bret, an Akita Alsation crossbreed, and the dog I came to know as my best friend. Bret was ge...