I live in the suburbs. For over 20 years I lived so far out in the forest that it took half an hour to get to town, and if there had been a storm recently I wasn't getting there at all. Two weeks without electricity was not a burden. I miss living in the forest. Anyhow, I live in town now. My husband and I can't afford to live on our own (damn economy) so we live at a woman's house and trade paying some of the bills for a room. So, for the birds. The last few days the wild birds h...

One thing that usually happens right away is someone says, "She has Tervurens"  No, I have Tervuren<-- singular  Tervuren are Tervuren. One, two, twenty. It is one of those rare words that single and plural are the same. I guess perhaps because the breed is named after an area in Belgium. There are four currently existing varieties of the Belgian Sheepdog ( Chien de Berger Belge ) - Groenendael, Tervuren, Malinois, Laekenois. Although in other countries the dogs are considered ...