About the Author

Barbara Travis Osgood is a native New Yorker who earned her Ph.D. in Human Ecology at Cornell University. She retired as a Senior Executive with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2002. For more than twenty years, her passion has been fostering and rescuing old Labrador Retrievers. At age 84, after a career of writing academic articles and policy statements, she decided to write a book. Dr. Osgood lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with her current old Labs, Molly and Benji.

The Old Lab Lady

In 2013, a short documentary video about Barbara and her old labs titled "The Old Lab Lady" was selected as a contest finalist by PetCo, Animal Supplies, Inc. In the video, Barbara shares what her labs mean to her, how they have been her therapy dogs for bipolar disorder and depression, and how she chooses to remember her old companions when they cross the rainbow bridge.

Other Works by Barbara Travis Osgood

Islands was the enthusiastically chosen theme for The Writers of Chantilly 2018 Anthology. This volume of short fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and more promises salty wind and watery graves. It maroons souls on islands of themselves. A collection of talented writers from all backgrounds, life adventures, and ages (twenty-three to octogenarian!) captain the ship at the writers' table, so jump in and discover our stories. Barbara's contribution to the anthology is the short story A Garden of One's Own.

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Whether it's a sad trombone, a skipping record, or the boom of a full orchestra, events seem to have soundtracks. This collection of both moving personal memoir and dashing fiction adventure twists music with the written word. It explores the rhythm of langauge and poetry and the impact of popular songs - and some made up! - on everyone's story. Here's your front row ticket to brass in a smokey Prohibition bar, Elvis' gyrating tassles, and singles sick enough to kill to the Pope. Really. This ain't no opening act. Barbara's contribution to the anthology is the short story The Singer.

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