DIANA REPUBLIC

I may have mentioned once or twice that I have issues. And if you are new here, well, I have issues. One of my more addict-ish behaviors involves food. I have the propensity to become slightly obsessed with a particular food. It isn’t as if I will eat nothing but mac and cheese for a [...]

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When I was about ten years old my family moved from Manhattan to Contoocook, New Hampshire. It was quite a culture shock for us all, but for my mother it was different. When we left our apartment on West 84th street behind, we left behind her friends Macys and Bloomingdales among others. New Hampshire in [...]

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It was in the news yesterday – again. Some thoughtless woman left her dog in the car while she had lunch at the mall. The windows of the car were rolled down, but apparently that was not enough to keep the poor thing alive in the 90 degree heat (really????). I know this happens all [...]

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Our dogs have issues. I mean, really, could they be my dogs without them? If they were Bob’s and Bob’s alone they would probably be totally well adjusted, but throw me in the mix and there is like a reverse magnetic reaction and everything goes a little wonky. Case in point: Mike the yellow lab, [...]

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Let me be clear, I don’t like guns. I see no value in BB guns. Boys use then to shoot very dangerous cans and bottles off fences in preparation for their real prey: squirrels. I am not sure I really understand paint ball.  A group of friends get together for an afternoon of shooting each [...]

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Goose is the younger brother and as such it is his reponsibility to torment his older brother on a pretty much nonstop basis. It is cute the way he grabbed Mike’s tail in his mouth. It is adorable the way he hangs from Mike’s neck. It is all cute to us, but not to Mike. And really after [...]

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