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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

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).
http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Diablo-Gazette-Dec2020D-2.pdf

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

October Diablo Gazette – Carmel Destination Piece, Unsheltered Book Review and Sweet Bernard

Check out my travel piece on Carmel (page 6), a review of Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver and a poodle mixes’ brush with death and need for a home on page 16.

http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Diablo-Gazete-October-2020-D.pdf

Filed Under: Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Dogs, Reading, Ruby Dooby Do, Rubydooby_do Tagged With: Barbara Kingsolver, BookEnds Column, Carmel, Carmel by the Sea, Dog rescue, Poodle rescue, Ruby Dooby Do, Unsheltered

Between Shadow’s Eyes – On Ice

An ice sculpture in the form of Ruby, the Doberman on the cover of Between Shadow’s Eyes was at The Diablo Gazette Oktoberfest booth today. How cool (haha) is that?


Filed Under: Between Shadow's Eyes, Diablo Gazette, doberman, dog rescue, Dogs, Publishing, Ruby Dooby Do, Rubydooby_do, zipper nose doberman Tagged With: Between Shadow's Eyes, Jill Hedgecock, Ruby Dooby Do, Ruby zipper-nosed doberman

10/16 Napa BookMine Book Reading

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Napa Bookmine, 964 Pearl Street Napa, California

Come join me and Dietrich Kalteis for an evening of crime and mystery.

For more information:
https://napavalleyregister.com/calendar/an-evening-of-crime-mystery-with-dietrich-kalteis-jill-hedgecock/event_fa3f153e-dcdc-11e9-b068-d337e80957ca.html?fbclid=IwAR2LeOuTjxRPqKlm1MDRlEO_t1k7apDFimytg0NCo1BU4fGALvGuJ8S11PM

Filed Under: Between Shadow's Eyes, Book Signing, doberman, Dogs, Events, ghosts, Reading, Ruby Dooby Do, Rubydooby_do, zipper nose doberman Tagged With: Between Shadow's Eyes, book reading, book signing, Napa Bookmine, Ruby, Ruby Dooby Do

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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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