Maybe part of find what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want. Maybe there was hope for me yet.

Maybe part of finding what you wanted was recognizing what you didn’t want.

You never know what you're going to get with a pinball game," John said. "It's a lot like life. You can't control it, so you have to just roll with it and do the best you can. And if you do well enough, sometimes you get a bonus play.

I confronted the fact that I was not only talking to a dog, but answering for one.

I pulled my suitcase out of the backseat of my bug, along with Cannoli's new travel case, a spiffy animal print pet backpack on wheels. When I first saw it, I thought maybe the dog was supposed to wear the backpack, but it turned out the person wore the backpack with the dog in it.