What with all the inspirational Be the Change posts that continue to pour out of the BlogPaws conference I’m almost embarrassed to say this: I went to BlogPaws to learn about selling books, blogging, and social media. And guess what? I did. As a conference that provided good, solid information — not to mention a…
Road Trip to Umbria & Denmark (Dogs Beware)
Perfect timing: My return from the BlogPaws pet bloggers conference and its concomitant flurry of catch-up activities coincides with the publication of a guest post about the book Marcus of Umbria that I wrote for A Traveler’s Library, a site you should check out even when I’m not on it. In case you were wondering…
My Year in Bookselling: 7 Things I Did Right
It’s been a year since the publication of Am I Boring My Dog and a bit of a roller-coaster ride. Sad to say, the reports about publishers not having the time or money to promote all but the most famous authors or the most topical books are true. Which is how I became a bookseller,…
The Search and Rescue Dogs of 911
Get out an entire box of tissues for this one. Ground Zero has become very political this year. Dogs often have lessons to teach us, and that’s certainly true here. These dogs searched through the rubble for everyone, no matter what race or religion, and didn’t judge the victims by the actions of a few.
Goodbye to all that – for now
I’ve been a bit distracted, trying to finish up a big project — I finally sent it off this morning — which is why I accidentally pushed “publish” on the post titled “My Year of Bookselling: Five Things I Did Right” when it was in a very rough draft stage. My apologies to those who…
Friday Focus: It’s pet transport, not travel
As a result of the helpful comments I received for the questions I posed on Sunday about pets too large to fly in airline cabins I learned the following: No one flies their pet via air cargo or in a baggage hold for a vacation. The need to transport a pet for a move is…
Denver dreaming: Take me to your BlogPaws pets
Getting ready for the BlogPaws West conference involves finishing up a bunch of assignments that are not — shockingly enough — dog related. And I’m not going to be taking Frankie along to Denver because he’s not exactly a road warrior and the idea of dealing with needles and insulin and a carrier… well, I…
Training Tuesday: A BAT Landmark
Frankie and I haven’t done much Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) with Crystal Saling and her wonder dog decoy, Winnie, lately because it’s either been raining — which means scary thunder and lightning — or too hot to spend much time outside. But we managed a get together this past Sunday and saw quite a bit…
Friday Focus: Pet Air Travel, Steerage Edition
A few weeks ago, I discussed pets traveling in airline cabins, exploring in particular the effect of pet allergies on other passengers. This week, as I was booking my seat assignment for BlogPaws West, I started wondering about pets that travel as baggage. Frontier Airlines, my carrier to Denver, writes of its pet policy: Your…
Versatile & Lovely Blogger Awards, Pet Edition
Confession: In the past year and a half, I received a Versatile Blogger award from Jana Rade of DawgBusiness and one from Sharon Castellanos of Grouchy Puppy, as well as a Lovely Blog award from Vera Marie Badertscher of A Traveler’s Library. And I haven’t passed them along. That is VBBK (Very Bad Blog Karma).…