Katy on…Edgar Sawtelle

Last night Ken and I drove down to the valley to a booksigning.  First time I’ve ever done something like that.
David Wrobeleski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, was in Alb to promote the debut of the softcover edition.
We bought another hard cover, and I took the one I already had, to be signed.  [...]

Book of the Week Program…from Dogwise

Weekly Update from Dogwise: Introducing Our Book of the Week Program

Dear Debby Rothman,

 
The marketing gurus here at Dogwise have come up with a great new program to help spice things up and give you the opportunity to save money on books – both new and old – that we think are especially good. Here’s how it [...]

Vickie shared…Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs

 It’s available at Amazon. Here’s a review from that site:
Anyone who has ever loved an old dog will love Old Dogs. In this collection of profiles and photographs, Weingarten and Williamson document the unique appeal of man’s best friend in his or her last, and best, years.

This book is a tribute to every dog who has [...]

Vickie shared…Good Dog. Stay.

Vickie shared this CD with me. 
 

“The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed.”
So writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador Retriever., Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with [...]

Debby on…late Friday afternoon

Snow! We’ve got snow!

Snow, a big snow, was predicted to start around midnight Wednesday night. Go figure. Zena was scheduled out on a 7:15 AM flight Thursday morning. Wednesday evening’s newcast told of airlines canceling flights in preparation. Seemed like overkill to me. I set the alarm for 3:45AM, a pointless activity since I woke [...]

The Master of Sunnybank

From Dogwise, my favorite doggie bookplace….
One of our favorite books is back in print: The Master of Sunnybank – A Biography of Albert Payson Terhune by Irving Litvag, originally published in 1977. Many of us grew up reading Terhune’s dog story books which featured the Collies he bred and raised at Sunnybank. And, if you [...]

Dog Writers Association book nominees

With permission from Dogwise, I share the following:

Every year on the Sunday night before Groups at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the Dog Writers Association of America gets together in New York and gives out awards to authors of dog-related material for excellence in a number of categories. Winning an award – the Maxwell [...]

A Good Dog

I spent a good portion of today doing ‘mindless’ entries on the web site. A pile, a tall pile, has been sitting near my computer, waiting to be shared for months upon months. Stuff. All kinds of stuff. Interesting stuff. Heartwarming stuff. Informational stuff. Stuff I want to share. Stuff I want to catalog for future [...]

The Soul of a Silver Dog

This photo of Panchen was taken at my house after he was blinded by glaucoma.

Not in the original group of ten Gompa dogs delivered to my doorstep, Panchen came to me in the spring of 2005. By late summer visible signs of his glaucoma manifested and in September he underwent surgery by veterinary opthamologist Dr. [...]

Our Precious Pets

Under Marley and Me, Gail had commented on a book, “I found an amazing book by Ann Wigmore, the living foods advocate who started the Hippocrates Institute in Boston..and started reading it….It is just a gem….even has living foods recipes for pets at the end of the book….and talks about vaccines!! Amazing when you start [...]