The Friday Five!

1. It’s been a hard week around here. Yesterday, we had to say goodbye to our sweet dog Monkey. We got him in February of 2002, just as I was starting to promote This Lullaby. My husband had done a job for some folks with a dog named Monkey, and we loved it so much I put it in a book AND my own house. He was pretty much the cutest boxer puppy ever:

What can I tell you about such a good boy? He was smart and loving. He could jump higher vertically than any dog I have ever seen. He was way too b...