A little itty bitty piece of our hearts

A little itty bitty piece of our hearts

We humans like to change things. We build stuff. We “damn” up rivers and dig canals. We change what we are given to suit our wants and needs at the time. But, of all the tinkering we have perpetrated to the natural world, I think one of the most endearing tinkers was the domestication of […]

Dogs, thank yous, bus drivers, DNA tests and more!

Dogs, thank yous, bus drivers, DNA tests and more!

Oh gosh . . . what was it, about three weeks ago Lake Orion resident Bill Kalmar got a message to me. In short it said, “Thanks Don for the good news column. I have been meaning to write something for your newspaper, but quite frankly, there’s not much good to write about these days.” […]