Last month’s Perseid meteor shower was exciting to watch, as usual, with 50 to 100 meteorites plunging toward the Earth at breakneck speed. This year’s shower peaked on Aug. 11 and 12 and remained active, but dwindling in size and numbers, until late in August....
I’m 75 years old and live alone with my sweet, 17-year-old raggedy best friend, Bette. I adopted toothless Bette 10 years ago and we’ve been tied at the arthritic hip ever since. She doesn’t eat much anymore and sleeps most of the day and all of the night, except to...
