Dear Friends and Readers,

We’ve reached the midpoint of the year—in a whirlwind. DOGGONE BONES is hatched and out in the world. Lots of crazy things going on at the farm.

The sad news is that the big, wonderful camphor tree in the back yard that was struck by lightning two years ago had to be taken down. It was a huge tree and I loved it. But most of it was dead, and it wasn’t coming back. I waited and hoped that it would recover. The lightning just blasted it too hard. So I’m trying this newsle...