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Friday Quote — Winnie the Pooh
Sure there was Aristotle, Plato, Nietzsche, Descartes, Kant, Locke and Hume . . . but they only stand in the shadow of The Greatest Philosopher Ever. I’m speaking of Winnie the Pooh, of course. Today we have a selection of Winnie’s wisdom.
“Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking [...]
Friday Quote – Gene Hill
Gene Hill was a funny, touching author of several books about dogs, hunting and the outdoors and his deep love for all of them. He wrote for Field and Stream for years and brought to the urban and suburban masses the rich imagery of a rural experience. Hill was a wonderful storyteller who simply conveyed [...]
Friday Quote
I’m reading another “Cat Who…” book and stumbled upon today’s quote.
Cats are cats . . . The world over!
These intelligent, peace-loving
Four-footed friends — who are without
Prejudice, without hate, without greed –
May someday teach us something.
–The Qwill Pen, from The Cat Who Saw Stars by LJB
Have a great weekend, get out and do something fun and [...]
Literary Wednesday — The “Bloodhound, Inc.” Series
Virginia Lanier’s Bloodhound Series is a must read for mystery fans who love dogs or dog lovers who enjoy good mystery stories. The first book in her series is Death in Bloodhound Red, published in 1995 when the author was in her mid sixties (giving us all hope that it’s never too late to accomplish [...]
Literary Wednesday — “Delilah Doolittle, Pet Detective”
Delilah Doolittle and the Purloined Pooch (Pet Detective Mystery Series) by Patricia Guiver is the first of six in a series featuring Delilah Doolittle, a British widow settled in sunny Southern California who makes her living by finding lost pets. She and her canine assistant, a doberman named Watson, have been hired to find the [...]
Friday Quote
It is February 6th, the 37th day of the year. It marks Waitangi Day, also known as New Zealand Day; the day that the Waitangi Treaty was signed in 1840, establishing New Zealand as part of the British Empire and guaranteeing rights for the native Maori tribe. It is the day that Queen Elizabeth II [...]
Literary Wednesday — “Sit, Stay, Slay”
Sit, Stay, Slay (Kendra Ballantyne, Petsitter Mysteries, No. 1) from Linda O. Johnston is the first of seven in the “Pet Sitter’s Mysteries” series. We meet the main character, Kendra Ballantyne, in a state of disgrace. She has been forced to resign from her high paid position as an high-powered Los Angeles attorney under less [...]
Literary Wednesday — “A Dog Lover’s Mystery”
Returning with our third installment of Literary Wednesday — Mysteries and Animals, I present “A Dog Lover’s Mystery” series by Susan Conant. She is a three-time recipient of the Maxwell Award for Fiction Writing given by the Dog Writers Association of America. There are 18 books in the “Dog Lover’s Mystery” series.
The series begins with [...]
Literary Wednesday — “Mrs. Murphy Mysteries”
Last week I began the Literary Wednesday series, a focus of mysteries in which the animals are central characters, with “A Cat Who…” This week we return with Rita Mae Brown’s “Mrs. Murphy Mysteries”. The series is set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, an area rich in history, fox hunting, [...]