So, there was this turtle, going the wrong way on a busy street. Naturally, having swerved to miss him, I pulled off the road, ran through traffic, and rescued him.

I put him in the floorboard of the car and drove home. We have a small pond, so he was quite happy to get out of the car and into …

The word must be out around the neighborhood: if you are a down-and-out or hurt little animal, come to our house and you will be saved! Over the last few weeks we’ve saved four little puppies; a few weeks ago a hurt kitten.

Three of the puppies were found barely alive by my mother-in-law. …