Tag: Mar/Apr 2022
by Kelsey Warren-Bryant
One of the first clues that I was pregnant came from my female dog,
Boo. A black Labrador Boxer mix, she stared at me from the foot of the bed, her face partly gray from middle age. I gently patted the covers as an invitation to join me,...
Story and photographs by Heide Brandes
On Santa Cruz Island, one of the 127 islands that make up Ecuador’s
Galápagos Islands archipelago, giants roamed the grassy highlands of a former cattle ranch.
Weighing as much as 660 pounds and living to as much as 200 years old, Galápagos giant tortoises with their...
Story and photograph by Linda Ann Miller
Prissy, our curious black cat, loves to learn new recipes. I would say her
interest in cooking began about two years ago when she discovered she could sit quite comfortably and watch two of her favorite chefs at work. Sitting in her elevated position...
by Kim Doner
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
I used to think that verse was such a mindless but mildly amusing nursery rhyme whenever I heard it. Until now. Until I realized that fuzzless wuzzies are truly out there.
Most folks...
by Mary Green
CPDT-KA: Certified Professional Dog Trainer Knowledge Assessed
CDBC: Certified Dog Behavior Counselor
CNWI: Certified Nose Work Instructor K9 Manners & More, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Dogs, like people, have life stages. Each stage of a dog’s life presents special opportunities and challenges. The thread that weaves this fabric of life is...
by Rowena Mills
Photographs by Don Brockmeier
A s a couple of dozen people waited in hushed expectance in a large viewing blind, it seemed at first that not very
many birds were planning to settle down for the night on that stretch of the Platte River. But as a huge sunset...
by Jennie Lloyd
“Isn’t Lily our boss?” Toni Garner asks another florist at Toni’s Flowers & Gifts at 3549 South Harvard Avenue.
“Oh, yeah, we’re trained,” the florist responds. “I call her the CDO, chief dog officer. If she wants water, to eat, to go outside, she goes to different people”...
by Lauren Cavagnolo | Photographs by Kate Friedl
“It’s like a hobby with unconditional love attached to it.”
That’s how Kate Friedl, founder and executive director of Anthem Service Dogs, describes her work training service dogs.
“Animals have always been my thing, dogs especially,” Friedl added. “The more I have learned over...
by Rowena Mills
The Algonquin Hotel at 59 West 44th Street in New York City is famous for
two longtime traditions — literary and feline.
Starting in 1919 and into the 1930s, it was the meeting place of the Algonquin Round Table, an informal group of writers, journalists, and artists who met...
