If anyone ever suggests getting a goat as a farm animal, fire them, husbands included.

When you're teaching English to Italians, terseness and precision are precious assets.

No cyberspace? Here's a novel concept to keep a family intact — card games.

When it's time to slice off male pig genitalia, having Steve McQueen-style vet helps.

But if you want a constant supply of eggs, think long and hard before building a pen.

The author's prizewinning family (okay, not yet) makes a movie for a worthy cause.

Supermarket abundance can make you forget the pleasure of looking forward, and back.

If it isn't a dog, it's a cat, but sometimes a pet brings no joy, let alone luck.

Read all you want about the health benefits of owning a pet. Then enter the real world.

The British should take a course from Italy when it comes to leaning to relax with kids around.

Britain's new guidelines on home childbirth have mothers-to-be in needless stitches.

Immigration is rising, and so is Italian tension — so why not consider community service?