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Diablo Gazette

The June Diablo Gazette: Cataract Trail Waterfall Hike, SciFi Summer Read Recommendations, Dog Snake Bite Response and More


Bay Area Hikers: Do you know about Cataract Trail near Fairfax? Check out page 19 of the June Diablo Gazette.

Also Sci-Fi summer read recommendations for the whole family in BookEnds on p. 14: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, M.T. Anderson’s Landscape with Invisible Hand and more.

Dog lovers – check out sweet senior Miso, a shih tzu mix who needs a home on page 16, plus what to do in case of your dog is bitten by a rattlesnake, tips on camping with your dog, destinations for water-loving dogs, and more.

Movie review by Colleen Gonzalez: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and David George’s Gardening Tips for Eco-Friendly Bug Control

Filed Under: Bay Area, Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Dogs, Reading Tagged With: book review, Diablo Gazette, Dog rescue, Landscape with Invisible Hand, M.T. Anderson, Ruby zipper-nosed doberman

May Diablo Gazette: Book Review, Dog Rescue, and Angel Island

Check out the May 2022 edition of Diablo Gazette:

My book review of The Oppenheimer Alternative by Robert J. Sawyer on p. 10.

My Ruby_dooby_do column features sweet Eddie who needs a home, plus info on recycling dog fur, ARF’s Animals of Broadway event, and issues with debarking on page 16.

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Information on fun local outing while exploring Angel Island’s history on page 19

Filed Under: Bay Area, Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Reading, Rubydooby_do Tagged With: Angel Island, ARF, Bay Area Excursion, book review, Diablo Gazette, dog fur recycling, Dog rescue, Oppenheimer Alternative, Robert J Sawyer, Ruby Dooby Do

January Diablo Gazette – Dog Poop, Bird Count Results and Book Reviews

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.

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Filed Under: Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Dogs, Reading, Ruby Dooby Do, Rubydooby_do Tagged With: bird population, bird-watching, birds Contra Costa County, book review, BookEnds Column, Brit Bennett, Christmas Bird Count 2021, Diablo Gazette, Dog rescue, dogs, Ruby Dooby Do, rubydooby_do, Vanishing Half

March Diablo Gazette

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Diablo Gazette, dog fostering, Dog rescue, dogs, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Ruby zipper-nosed doberman

COVID and Birds and Dogs

Did you know that sparrow sang softer this year? Check out my article on the results of Contra Costa County’s Christmas Bird Count p. 3 Also, Izzy needs a home, check out her sad doggie story on page 16. #birds #ChristmasBirdCount

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Filed Under: Diablo Gazette, wlidlife Tagged With: Audubon Christmas Bird Count, birds, Diablo Gazette, Dog rescue, Mount Diablo Audubon

December Diablo Gazette

Check out my stories in December’s Diablo Gazette:
Please see my story from my birthday weekend on our Tamber Bey Winery visit (page 8), my review of San Francisco Chronicles’ Kevin Fisher-Paulson’s How We Keep Spinning (page 10), and my Ruby_dooby_do column on senior pups, Coco and Fern as well as ideas of bonding activities to do over this Covid holiday season (page 16). And don’t forget to check out David George’s The Naked Gardner column on healthful produce (page 9).
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Filed Under: Book Review, Diablo Gazette, doberman, dog rescue, Dogs, Ruby Dooby Do, Rubydooby_do, zipper nose doberman Tagged With: Diablo Gazette, How We Keep Spinning, Kevin-Fisher Paulson, Ruby Dooby Do, San Francisco Chronicle, Senior dogs

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2/11/23 Mount Diablo California Writers Club – Writer’s Table Featured Speaker

I will be speaking on Book Hooks: Eight Seconds or Bust at the Mount Diablo CWC from 11:15 till noon, at Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, followed by a buffet lunch and Kevin Fisher Paulson who will speak on the topic of Honoring the Creative Self Meeting Cost (includes buffet […]

January 23, 2023 Travel Writing Event

Sacramento/Central Valley Friends and Fellow Writers (Zoom available): Come learn about travel writing and muse boards in the New Year. #authorlife #sacramentowriters #travel #travelblogger Zoom is also an option. #speaker #speaking #writingcommunity https://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/2022/monthly-meeting-january-2023-travel-writing/

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