I’m Edie Jarolim, attendant to every need of the dog in the picture frame. I got Frankie, my first and still only dog, in late 2004 — long after my childhood (and his) and long after getting a dog seemed like a natural thing to do. I obsessed so much about my canine caretaking abilities that I researched and wrote AM I BORING MY DOG? And 99 Other Things Every Dog Wishes You Knew (Alpha/Penguin, 2009).
I earned a Ph.D. in English literature from New York University; edited guidebooks at Frommer’s, Rough Guides, and Fodor’s; published myriad travel articles and three travel guides; and otherwise led a respectable but dogless life before I began palling around with terriers. Cluelessness about dogs in general and Frankie in particular inspired me to begin reading up on all things canine and, eventually, to contribute dog stories to The BarkandLadies Home Journal.
Now I write regularly for Your Dog, the newsletter for Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and am the Pet Travel Correspondent for KVOA TV in Tucson, Arizona, where I am also the Contributing Dining Editor for Tucson Guide. I devote most of the rest of my time to keeping Frankie from becoming bored.
You can read more about my life and career BF (Before Frankie) on www.ediejarolim.com.
About me
I’m Edie Jarolim, attendant to every need of the dog in the picture frame. I got Frankie, my first and still only dog, in late 2004 — long after my childhood (and his) and long after getting a dog seemed like a natural thing to do. I obsessed so much about my canine caretaking abilities that I researched and wrote AM I BORING MY DOG? And 99 Other Things Every Dog Wishes You Knew (Alpha/Penguin, 2009).
I earned a Ph.D. in English literature from New York University; edited guidebooks at Frommer’s, Rough Guides, and Fodor’s; published myriad travel articles and three travel guides; and otherwise led a respectable but dogless life before I began palling around with terriers. Cluelessness about dogs in general and Frankie in particular inspired me to begin reading up on all things canine and, eventually, to contribute dog stories to The Bark and Ladies Home Journal.
Now I write regularly for Your Dog, the newsletter for Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and am the Pet Travel Correspondent for KVOA TV in Tucson, Arizona, where I am also the Contributing Dining Editor for Tucson Guide. I devote most of the rest of my time to keeping Frankie from becoming bored.
You can read more about my life and career BF (Before Frankie) on www.ediejarolim.com.