Author Archives: Lucy Tobias

I’d rather eat ten penny nails than go to a victim’s impact panel and listen to a lineup of broken people tell the story of how their life was forever changed by a drunk driver. But a friend of mine … Continue reading →

James has a problem. Well, actually, he’s got lots of problems but at the moment he’s fighting the leash, big time, a dog acting like a bucking bronco, throwing one leg over the lead, rearing up, forcing the trainer to … Continue reading →

If you are driving through Montana in the springtime and see poppies growing by the side of the road – vivid, yellow-orange globes of color looking out of place, like they belong on a California hillside instead of Montana, you … Continue reading →

Millie likes to multi task. While slicing long loaves of French bread, she cradles her cell phone on one shoulder, reassuring a parent. “We have to keep looking for any signs of fever, but the test was fine and she … Continue reading →

When Suzi, my Boxer-Golden Retriever mix, was a puppy, I nicknamed her Solar Cell because she loved to play for a while, then stretch out full length and soak up the sun’s rays in the back yard. One day a … Continue reading →