Writing the good read
Yesterday I wrote about some older dog books — all published more than 50 years ago. Today, four books published in the last couple of years, all non-fiction, all dealing with how pets fit into our world or their interior lives. Top of the pile — and I mean that literally, not in terms of…
I was shelving the books I wrote about in part I of my latest dog pile book reviews and I came upon a cornered page in the very back of my copy of My Dog Tulip by JR Ackerley. The quote says everything about what is wrong with the way dogs were so often kept…
My dog died coming up on four weeks ago. That’s kind of misleading. We put her down. She was something more than 17 years old, a lab mixed with something else, probably pit bull from the shape of her head. She was deaf, increasingly blind, and so stiff from arthritis that it got hard for…
What you did disgusts me. That you only served a couple years in prison is an abomination and a blot on our justice system. But you say you want and deserve a second chance. Here’s a couple of suggestions on how you can redeem yourself: 1. First, donate your entire salary for your first year…