Life with Liesel

“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Two weeks ago I succumbed to the sinus “crud” that had made the rounds with everyone else in my house. It was my turn, I supposed, and I was down for the count. I called in sick to work and curled up on the sofa under a blanket for the day, a book and a cup of hot tea by my side.