Tag: May/Jun 2025
by Nancy Gallimore
I forced my eyelids open at still-dark o’clock in the morning. When you have a houseful of foster dogs who need to go potty, you don’t sleep in. This morning was especially pressing because our rescue, Tails You Win K-9 Rescue, had a sweet mama dog and...
by Anne Cosgrove Wimberly
Photos courtesy of Jydonne Bynum
Jydonne Bynum first noticed the little gray cat during her routine walk through Norman’s Old Silk Stocking Neighborhood in January 2020. The kitty popped out of a storm drain and ran down the street. Bynum, a Norman native and medical contractor for...
by Julie Wenger Watson
Although there can be plenty of fun in your own backyard, local dog parks provide a great opportunity for you and your pup to participate in some canine and human interaction. Before you head out the door with your pooch, here are a few things to...
by Karen Dugan Holman, B.S., M.S., B.S.E.
My Csonka was a gorgeous black lovable lug of a Labrador retriever. He was extremely obedient, skilled, and highly bonded to his family and was the most wonderful dog — until he wasn’t. He exhibited impulse-control issues, startling easily, and could cause a...
by Connie Cronley
A young woman walks her dog Simon by my house regularly. We wave, sometimes call out “Hi.”
One day recently, I was hungry for conversation, so I was waiting by my garden gate as she walked by and asked, “Have you ever thought about the effects the French...
by Andrea Chancellor
The work of best-selling writer James Herriot (real-life British veterinary surgeon Alfred James Wight, 1916–1995) has delighted readers since 1970 as he shares joyful and tragic experiences treating great and small creatures in their own environments.
Some veterinarians today are exploring new ways to deliver medical care —...
by Rowena Mills
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who turns 84 in May and is still going strong, has had an enormous impact on music and culture since the 1960s and has won many awards, including the first Nobel Prize in literature given to a musician. His powerful lyrics incorporate political,...
by Julie Wenger Watson
You don’t have to be a farmer or live in the country to enjoy the benefits of agriculture. A remarkable amount of food can be raised in a small space. With a few containers of tomato plants, you’ll have produce to share by summer— and don’t...
by Kim Doner
Horses sweat. Men perspire. Ladies glow. (Yeah. Right.)
So where does that leave the rest of the animal kingdom when things heat up?
I’m so glad you asked!
Sweat glands are handy things that release water from our systems to evaporate and cool us, but not every creature owns a...
by Inger Giuffrida, executive director, WildCare Oklahoma
Spring is associated with birth and rebirth. Seeds grow, flowers bloom, grasses green, trees grow leaves, and wildlife have babies. During May, Mother’s Day is celebrated, and June brings Father’s Day. These occasions represent a time to honor and celebrate the work, commitment,...
