OK, here's another one of my Miami Herald artcles, reprinted from last week's Sunday Home & Design section. (No, they didn't print my title.) Enjoy!

Q. My husband and I are ecstatic—almost. We’re having a baby. But the obstetrician I’ve been referred to said we have to put our cats outside for my entire pregnancy due to the possibility of an infection with toxoplasmosis. They’ve never spent a...

Begging your indulgence, yet again, I turn to the topic of my friendly neighborhood wildlife. Though my neighboring state’s governor might beg to differ (see what Georgia’s official peach has to say on endangered species, the drought and diverting rivers), the dear creatures in my backyard are a constant source of intrigue and an object of my compassion.

I refer, here, to my local frogs. I...