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The Art of Racing in the Rain

Posted in All Things Dogs, Books, tagged , on August 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If you love dogs and believe like I do they are something special, read this book. Don’t stop, don’t pass go – get to your local bookstore or Amazon immediately, buy the book and read it. Heck even if you aren’t dog crazy like I am read the book – it’s pretty amazing.
Bella is my [...]

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“The Beard is Where it’s At”

Posted in Books, My Favorite Things, tagged , , , on June 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Is now inscribed in the front cover of Lindsey’s copy of “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” by David Sedaris himself. Along witha sketch of Abraham Lincoln. As David was drawing and writing in Lindsey’s book, he told her that Abe sometimes communicates through him and that his message for last night was “the beard is [...]

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On Using Prong Collars

Posted in Books, My Canine Girls, Pyrfect, The Babies, tagged , , , , on May 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Blogging back and forth with Al has inspired me to write a post on my experience with prong collars. Let me first put a disclaimer here that I am NOT a certified dog trainer or behaviorist. Through my experiences with rescue and my own dogs I have done research and made the decision to use [...]

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Fast Food Nation: Why Did I Watch the Movie?

Posted in Books, Politics, The World We Live In on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I read the book when it first came out. Many horrifying revelations – all not surprising but certainly horrifying and troubling – running the gambit from corrupt business owners and politicians to insidious marketing to children to illegal immigrants to exploitation of plant/slaughterhouse workers to the dirty conditions and procedures in the meat packing plants (cows, [...]

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Beginnings, Endings, Hope and Annoyances

Posted in Books, Hanging by a Thread, Kiddos, Living in the Moment, My Abode, Relationships on October 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Bella, Jojo, Lucy, Molly and I all move officially on Thursday. Tomorrow will be my last night in the old house.  A much-needed and welcome change from the last 2 weeks of packing which has been more emotionally painful than I ever imagined (nothing like replaying the good, bad and ugly of your failed relationship over and over). [...]

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