What started out a week ago as a quick run to pick up a load of compost from a neighbor's horse ranch, by the end of the day had led to us to meet another Chicagoan who's lived in San Miguel for twenty-two years and, most unexpected, to adopt a three-month-old puppy.The neighbor's ranch—make that …
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Sad story with a happy ending
Though people ceaselessly praise the loyalty, intelligence and friendship of dogs no one really knows what goes on in those little canine brains. Sure, you'll hear some owners gravely aver that their little Poopadoodle peed on the rug "because she wants to get back at me" or was angry at something that happened two days …
Desi to the rescue
In addition to his duties as gardener, painter and fixer-upper, our own Renaissance man Félix also works as watchman when we are away, spending nights in our house. Recently he's become more insistent, always politely, about his security concerns. Following our last vacation, when we went to watch whales in Baja California, Félix kept talking …
El Rancho Santa Clara 