Sorry to disappear so long. Middle son was paying a visit. Actually he brought my granddog -- I'm puppysitting for the next five weeks.

Cue Twilight Zone music and Rod Serling imitation: "Imagine if you will, a house wherein Shelties have always been regarded as the highest form of canine life ...

Hi, I'm sandspur, and I'm a Bonanzaholic.

When I was 3 years old, in 1962, we lived in a tiny apartment in a poor section of Chicago. I remember the place had a linoleum floor with huge, blood-red roses. We only lived in that apartment with the roses for one year, so it had to be when I was three ...