Welcome Back My Safe and Sound Passengers: Yes, it’s come to this. I purchased a pop-up puppy pool for Good Boy George along with 100 ball pit balls so my puppy can work his brain and forage for his kibble and treats. This was recommended by professional dog trainers. …

Guncle by Steven Rowley I really liked Guncle and found it to be a quick and satisfying read. There were even some happy tears at one point and my heart may have expanded just a little as I got close to the end of the book. I especially liked that the main character, Patrick…

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner My 17-year-old found this book for me to read and write about as part of an experiment. They suggested that I read the popular books, write about them, and share on social media and see what happens. Unfortunately, some of the books made popular by the likes of Oprah and…

Bewilderment by Richard Powers I really enjoyed this book so much so that as soon as I finished it, I reread it. I had been confused by the stories the father told his son and was hoping that by rereading it, I might get clarity. I didn’t but that was fine. The stories were…

Welcome Back My Fur-Ever and Ever Passengers: Remember the puppies? Widget and Poppet? The ones I wrote about in Puppies Make Everything Better? The ones I swore I wasn’t going to fall in love with and keep forever? Well, after returning both to the Peninsula Humane Society to get spayed/neutered…

Welcome Back My Cuddly Passengers: No, we haven’t replaced Violet (yet) but we naively volunteered to foster two puppies for two weeks. …

Welcome Back My Perfectly Aligned Passengers: I’ve had a weekly ritual of planning my week, recapping my annual goal progress, and summarizing my wins for the week. I use my CRM (Highrise), my Priori planner, and my Silk & Sonder planner. …

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon This book was definitely not my jam. It was 150 pages too long, very simple, with way too many plot holes. It felt like sloppy editing and needed a lot of tightening up. And I hate when women are referred to as ‘girls.’ There are weathermen and weather girls. Ugh…

Welcome Back My Perfectly Timed Passengers: Today we said goodbye to our lovely Violet. We think she was 9 1/2 years old but she’s a rescue (failed foster) so we don’t know for sure. …