Richard Wolkomir & Joyce Rogers Wolkomir

Here are two dogs with a message for all of us.

Pfynn, the German Shepard, and his neighbor, Gracie, are welcoming Gracie's new housemate.

Here's the back-story: a friend of ours discovered that a co-worker faced a dilemma. A visa snag had stranded her husband in Spain. For an unknowable length of time, husband and wife must be separated. With everything so iffy, housing became a problem for the co-worker.

Our friend stepped in: until the situation with your husband straightens out, she said, stay with me.

Pictured above, you see Pfynn and Gracie greeting the new roommate, as she arrived, with matching messages: "Welcome Home, Indre," and "We're So Glad You're Here, Indre!!!"

In these unsettling times, we thought this little story, of a friendly hand warmly extended, would be worth sharing.

--Joyce and Richard

Our good friend and frequent visitor, Murdock Morse, sends his holiday greetings to all.

Go romp in the snow, he says. It feels good!

--Joyce & Richard

Gracie Duke--another good friend of ours--wants to second her pal Murdock's message: celebrate!

It's the darkest days of the year, she says. So get out there and bark! Bark for the return of the light!. Bark loud! It'll come!

Joyce & Richard