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Sweet Rhea

By TJ June 9, 2020Cats, Personal, Pet Illness

This post was originally posted December 25, 2018 here. Rhea passed away from her cancer November 29, almost a month ago now, and I've been quite heartbroken. She moved cross-country with me, and lived with me in five different apartments, and finally a house. She'd been with me through…

Update on Rhea

By TJ June 9, 2020Cats, Personal, Pet Illness

I last wrote about Rhea's experience with stereotactic radiosurgery about two weeks after she had finished treatment. She was doing well then, which of course thrilled me because I had no idea what to expect. It's now been a little over two months. A couple of days after we…

LOUISIANA’S WAY HOME by Kate DiCamillo

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Lovely book we discovered the other day at the Chandler Public Library. LOUISIANA'S WAY HOME by one of our favorite middle-grade authors, Kate DiCamillo, tells the story of Louisiana Elefante, a young girl whose parents have died and who is living with her grandmother. One day, her granny insists…

A Couple More Beautiful Picture Books: LOST IN THE LIBRARY and LADYBUG GIRL AND THE RESCUE DOGS

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Picture Books

A couple more beautiful picture books I picked up at the recent Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators conference in Arizona. LOST IN THE LIBRARY tells the sweet story of the lions who sit guard in front of the main library in New York. In real life, of course,…

My Cat Rhea’s Experience With Stereotactic Radiosurgery

By TJ June 9, 2020Cats, Personal

First posted here, on November 7, 2018. My cat, Rhea, recently underwent stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). I thought I'd write a post about it since, after the oncology vet recommended it, we tried to research it online but found very little. Especially about SRS and cats. SRS is a new…

Review of A DOG’S WAY HOME by W. Bruce Cameron

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction

e absolutely loved this book, and were so happy to be able to meet W. Bruce Cameron at the Best Friends National Conference over the summer, which is where we got a copy of A Dog's Way Home. Above, our very dog-like cat, Rhea, who is always at my…

Two Lovely Picture Books: RESCUE & JESSICA and BEFORE YOU WERE MINE

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Picture Books

We bought these beautiful picture books while at the Best Friends National Conference two weeks ago. The first, Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship, written by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes is based on a true story. In the book, Rescue, a service dog, befriends Jessica, a double-amputee. The…

Review of THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Normally, I focus on books about or starring animals as main characters, but this middle-grade novel was too brilliant to pass up! And, it has a couple of fantastical animals - a sweet little dragon named Fyrion, and an equally endearing huge swamp creature named Glerk. Both characters stole…

Review, DEWEY: THE SMALL-TOWN LIBRARY CAT WHO TOUCHED THE WORLD

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Cats, Memoir, Nonfiction

I can't believe I hadn't read this memoir when it first came out in 2008! I'd somehow missed it, but found an updated edition from 2017 on kindle and just finished reading it as an ebook. This version has some added later content, updating us on the lives of…

Best Friends Animal Society National Conference 2018!

By TJ June 9, 2020Animal Activism, Animal Rescues, Animal Sanctuaries, Books, Cats, Conferences, Dogs, Fiction, Nonfiction

Note: originally posted July 2018 before this site was updated. Just got back from the Best Friends National Conference and I am so invigorated and inspired and amazed at all the good work being done out there on behalf of animals! It was my first time at this convention…