It was just another day on the edge of paradise.

I averted disaster by keeping temperature taking and stickiness far, far apart. Thank goodness she called first.

Manly men were laid low watching a routine medical procedure.

It must be written on my forehead: "Small town." Trips to big cities always leave me feeling stupid.

When you're stuck in line and think you're suffering serious frustration, just think about your patients.

An elephant dose — plus one —of sedative wasn't enough to keep this horse from kicking my unlucky colleague

It's best to tell a policeman the truth—no matter how weird it sounds.

A dog boarded at the clinic appeared to become ill and coughed up something that brought everyone running and caused the ladies to blush. It was a red thong panty.

It was closing time when the phone rang. The voice on the other end sounded liked the oldest living human. His prize heifer was down in a difficult delivery. So I headed out on what turned out to be a harrowing, after-dark chase in a 1977 sky-blue pickup truck.