Author: Patrick A Rose

My cat, Apple, desperately needed a claw trim. His paws were getting entangled in blankets. And his claws were dangerous. If he reached out to you in a friendly …

I have taken statins for years, and that means getting periodic blood tests to make sure the meds are not affecting my liver. And regular blood tests mean regular …

How old is Winnie the Pooh? It is a quirky question, given that literary figures (or literary bears in this case) are not exactly “born.” Neither do they age. …

The joys of childhood. Oh, the memories! Such good times! One danger of old age is a tendency to live in the past. We look back and think we …

When I was a teenager, I used to play chess. I was never very good at it, but I took it seriously, read lots of chess books, played on …