In 2009 I retired from my position at Yale University Art Gallery in Connecticut and moved to Florida. Retirement at such a young age meant re-discovering myself and figuring out what to do with my time. I spent the first year and a half setting up a home, developing a social life, and volunteering my time. I decided that the next phase of my life would find me. A wonderful woman in my life once inquired if I had asked a newly rescued pet what she had come to teach me. I have since made this a practice with each new pet in my life. In August...more
