Pets

Tips for Renting with Pets
As anyone in Nantucket knows, finding rental housing here, this year, this season, is nigh on impossible. Finding rental housing with pets . . . well, you...

Dogs in Hot Cars
This May, in breezy Nantucket, a dog died in a hot car. As horrible as this is, even more tragic is that this was 100% preventable.
In short, it is not safe...

Need to wake up early? Meet Sophie, up at the crack of dawn and lets you know it. Need some walking motivation? Ask for Salem, who walks each day on a leash....

No one would argue that there is plenty of art on Nantucket. Main Street and the wharves are both loaded with it. I think some would be surprised, though, at...

You may remember it: April 26th, 2014. Rain spilling from the skies. Damp, disheveled revelers wandering Main Street, their daffodil fascinators limp, their...

Benefits Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals
Come run/walk your best 4 mile-er along this beautiful course: a scenic 4 miles that begins at Cisco Brewery at 11:00 AM and runs on a mostly flat course with...

Even in Frigid February there is Something to Love
“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.”—Wayne Dyer
There is a lot of acquiring and a lot to be acquired on Nantucket. People...

Event in Recognition of Spay Neuter Awareness Month
In recognition of Spay Neuter Awareness Month, Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals presents “SNAP (Spay/Neuter Ack Pets) a Photo! Valentine’s Photos with...

“There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”—Rumi
My friend’s dad used to refer to his walks in the woods as Church. He wasn’t a religious...

Not Exactly the Pacific Crest Trail. . .
Since December, when the dark started to descend at 4:30, our dog walks have been leashed loop-around-the-neighborhood affairs. Boring. Short. Frustrating for...

Indoor Games and Activities for You and Your Dog
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.”― John Grogan, Marley and Me: Life and...
It is with a heavy heart that I announce this will be my last column for Nantucket Chronicle. My mom and I have decided to move to New York City and start...