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Review of DOG CRAZY by Meg Donohue

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction

We found this wonderful gem used at one of our favorite bookstores, Changing Hands. Where would we be without our indie bookstores??? The cover kind of makes the novel look like cute chick lit, but it is so much deeper and more serious and it contains some of the…

Review of BLACK CATS TELL ALL by Layla Morgan Wilde

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Cats, Nonfiction

This fun, colorful book edited by Layla Morgan Wilde seeks to dismantle the myth that black cats are creatures to be feared. And it does! Not that said myth is not ridiculous to begin with - are we still living in the Medieval Age? Yet it is a sad…

Review of CRAIG AND FRED by Craig Grossi

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Dogs, Memoir, Nonfiction

I loved this book! I saw it in my local library when I went there to get a novel for a book club. I haven’t read many military books, but how could anyone resist this cover! (BTW: since it’s a dog book, sister Sofia poses with it, and I…

Review of PURR M FOR MURDER BY T.C. LoTempio

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Cats, Fiction

Purr M For Murder is a really sweet cozy mystery and is the first, that I know of anyway, that is set in a cat cafe! We would so love to open our own cat cafe someday, so we were overjoyed when we saw the back-cover blurb on this…

Review of LOVE AT FIRST BARK by Julie Klam

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Dogs, Memoir, Nonfiction

We loved this short, sweet memoir we happened to find at a special sale at our favorite bookstore, Changing Hands. It’s by the very funny Julie Klam, about what her experiences rescuing dogs has taught her about herself. There are several wonderful stories here about the endearingly-portrayed dogs Klam…

Review of A TALE OF TWO KITTIES by Sofie Kelly

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Cats, Fiction

Sister Katusha poses with our copy of the book, which we bought at Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, AZ. We loved this cozy mystery set in a library and starring two cats with magical powers. Cats who can do magic – what could be more enchanting! Kathleen Paulson, head…

Support Your Local Apex Predator for a Healthy Ecosystem

By TJ June 8, 2020National Parks, Wild Animals

We spent yesterday at the beautiful Saguaro National Park, and, while there, heard a fascinating lecture given by a guide about our big aunties in the desert, the Puma concolor, also known as a Mountain Lion, or a Cougar - now also named, by Jeoffry, as the Dawas of…

Review of LIVING THE FARM SANCTUARY LIFE by Gene Baur

By TJ June 8, 2020Animal Sanctuaries, Books, Farm Animals, Nonfiction

Our sister Sofia reading Living the Farm Sanctuary Life by Gene Baur with Gene Stone, which we found at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ. We loved this book! It’s a nice, big, glossy coffee table book by the founder of the Farm Sanctuary in Woodstock, NY, Gene Baur.…

Review of THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Our sister, Rhea, poses with our copy of the book. Ivan’s coloring on the cover kind of matches her coat :) The One and Only Ivan is an excellent novel by Katherine Applegate, and it very deservedly won the Newbery Medal for children’s literature in 2013. Set in a…

Review of BORN IN CHINA, movie

By TJ June 8, 2020Film

In the plane on our way to Italy late this summer, we saw this most amazing movie, Born in China, a documentary about three animal families living in the harsh wilds of China. The film began and ended with the family we found by far the most fascinating (though…