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Dog Years : A Memoir
Dog Years is poet Mark Doty’s story of his two dogs, Arden and Beau, and their shared joys and sorrows. Mark and Arden are living alone with Mark’s lover Wally, who is dying of AIDS, when Mark decides...
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New Flickr Group: Dogs in Art
I just set up a new Flickr group called Dogs in Art to bring together all sorts of images of dogs, from classical sculpture to salt and pepper shakers. Vintage postcards, toy dogs, garden decorations,...
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Owney
Owney was a stray puppy who wandered into the Albany Post Office in 1888 and fell asleep on a pile of mailbags. He followed the mailbags onto a Railway Mail Service train, beginning a life of riding...
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Ribsy
Ribsy, by Beverly Cleary This is an old favorite of mine, but I haven’t read it in many years. I was almost afraid to read it again. I’ve been rereading a lot of favorite books lately, and many of them...
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Day 1: January 1, 2011
I don’t really believe in the Golden Rule. I don’t think we should treat others the way we want to be treated, I think we should treat others the way they want to be treated. This is much more...
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October is Adopt-A-Dog Month
My Favorite Quotation About Dogs: “Very, very early a dog learns that life is not as simple a matter to his master as it is to himself. There are times when he reads trouble, that he cannot help or...
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Nina, Six Years Ago
Six years ago, I went to Northeast Animal Shelter. I had waited for about ten years since losing my last dog, the late great Taxi (also adopted through the same shelter) and I knew I was ready for...
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Day 9: January 9, 2012
My dog Nina taking a rest with her new purple dinosaur toy. (I am already having trouble with the photo-a-day challenge — I know from experience that it gets much easier in the spring when the color...
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Day 26: January 26, 2013
Nina is bored because it’s too cold for me to want to take her ouside.
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Nina in the car
My dog Nina waiting patiently in the car for me. The Beverly Public Library is reflected in the window, and the Beverly Common looks beautiful in the rain on the other side of the street.
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The Special Gift
I like to think that we each have a special gift to share with the world. I’m still not quite sure what mine is, but I know exactly what my dog Nina’s special gift is. She’s a reminder. She’s a...
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