Fiction Writer
Bay Area folks,
I’ll be doing a reading alongside Kevin Thaddeus Fisher-Paulson at Reasonable Books in Lafayette, California from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. We’ll be talking about the themes of Family, Dogs, and Disasters in our recent releases. This event is expected to fill quickly and space is limited. RSVP required to Reasonable Books at (925) 385-3026.
I’m ringing in the New Year with fun articles in the January edition of The Diablo Gazette:
Species count in Contra Costa County show bird life is stable (page 9)
My review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett on page 12.
Hazards of dog poop and dog bathing tips, plus senior dog Lucy is looking for a home on page 19.
http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DiabloGazetteJAN22-D1.pdf?utm_source=Diablo+Gazette+FB
I came across this article on eHow and thought it was worth posting. It’s a good question. I’m afraid I don’t have an answer. But it certainly makes for a great premise to a novel.
http://www.ehow.com/info_10073949_dogs-see-ghosts-paranormal-spirits.html#ixzz1oHDHwKjG
Dogs understand contentment. All they need is food, water, shelter, human kindness, and an occasional bone or toy to chew, to find happiness. Perhaps we should all aspire to be like dogs.
I saw a great photo affixed to my hairdresser’s license today. The picture showed an orange tabby kitten looking in a mirror that reflected back the face of a lion. The canine version of this photo would be a puppy staring at the image of wolf.
As much as my dog, Shadow, likes to portray a tough guy as he bellows out a bark that could curdle milk whenever the doorbell rings, in his heart he is still a sweet, tolerant pooch. I mean really what wild animal would tolerates a pack member six years his junior to lead him backward from room to room by pulling on his tail is if he were a rope in a tug-of-war contest? So while if Shadow were to have his say, he’d show himself reflected as a fierce wolf, but if I were to create the image, I’d put a mellow puppy in the mirror (sorry, Shadow).
What would your dog’s mirrored photo be like? Would your dog’s image of itself match the one you’d give him or her?