Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, ...

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

Three months ago when I looked at the calendar and saw that I would be writing a Daily Tripod on St. Patricks Day, I started thinking about what story I would share today: The tale of how my rapscallion Irish great-grandfather tricked his beloved into thinking they were married? The story of how Manny, the-best-dog-who-ever-lived, in the minute I was not in the...