Daily Archives: August 22, 2024


A Dog’s Life in the Space Between the Claps

Years ago a friend of mine fostered a dog and said he wanted to write a book, Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned from My Dog. At the time I thought he was, well, whacky or, at a minimum, highly hyperbolic. Then I adopted my own dog, Jack, and have come to appreciate the wisdom of Todd’s words. For decades I’ve been trying to learn how to live in the moment. I’ve read books (The Power of Now-Tollé, Be Here Now-Ram Dass, etc.), gone to the ashrams, sat uncomfortably in the half-lotus positions, watched my monkey mind crawl […]