Archive for Pets

Christmas With CorgiAid

by Nancy

Christmas would not be Christmas without stories.  This year, CorgiAid.org offers its third edition of The Watching:  Corgi Christmas Miracles by Millie Williams.  While the story focuses on adventures with Corgis, wry little dogs favored by kids and adults alike, it’s a Christmas tale, too — warming the hearts of both old and young. This [...]

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Hate Is A Disease

by Nancy

Hate is a disease you catch from others who are already infected.  It is contagious, virulent, and can be fatal unless the infection is caught in time. Here is a list of symptoms: Obsession with an person, event, or idea, to the extent that you cannot let go of it even when you try.  Usually [...]

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So while deleting my spam folder this week, one subject line caught my attention.  It sounded like maybe ~ just maybe ~ it might be about something legitimate.  So I read it and didn’t quite understand what the sender wants.  This led me on an hilarious adventure, which I will share with you here. (I [...]

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Categories Connection, Consciousness, Pets, Writing
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Betony and the Buddha

by Nancy

It was a dark and stormy night.  We’ve been having a lot of those lately.  Our dog Betony’s hearing isn’t as good as it once was, which during thunderstorms is a blessing, because she can’t hear the thunderclaps unless they are REALLY loud — or right overhead. Usually if we know a storm is coming, [...]

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Japan’s recovery from the earthquakes and tsunamis has begun, slowly and painfully — but surely.  While the first layer of response was dedicated to saving the lives of anyone who managed to survive the disasters, now the focus is more on clearing, cleaning, and healing.  Among those who survived were many animals, although it’s estimated [...]

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How to Help Japan

by Nancy

Helping Japan is on so many people’s minds and hearts, since last week’s devastating earthquakes and resulting tsunamis.  The situation is almost beyond belief in its severity and complexity, yet there are things we can do to help.   First of all, the best thing anyone can do is pray.  Send Light, peace, thoughts of [...]

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First of all I want to give a shout-out to my friend Florence Scarinci, who is coming up in the ranks of pet writers. She has been nominated for a Maxwell Award and two Muse Awards — and won a Muse Award last month at the Cat Writers’ Conference. (I’ve been so darned busy I [...]

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about a new holiday book about to go into print for pet lovers (and especially Corgi lovers).  It’s now being shipped — and early reviews are outstanding, both for the art and for the excellent, touching story. Here is the link to the original article  The Watching 2010 . [...]

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Thanksgiving Perils For Pets?

by Nancy

For many families around the USA, Thursday will be a day to gather with family and friends — to remember that no matter how bad things seem to be, there are still many things for which we can be grateful.  And for quite a large portion of all US families, there will be pets.  Around [...]

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Many pet rescue organizations get very creative when times are hard, to keep the cash flowing for helping the critters they love.  CorgiAid is one outfit that consistently comes up with new and fun ways to do this.  In part because I have a Corgi, and in part because I love what this team is [...]

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