Sunday, February 9, 2014

Maxine Kumin, 1925 - 2014: “For an hour/we are incorruptible.”

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This isn’t the first Sunday morning I’ve gone to my study and begun the day by reading Maxine Kumin – a way to settle into poetry and its c...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

"Jazz & Poetry/Poetry & Jazz": An Appreciation

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This post continues the theme of pleasure in the unexpected, in this case with music and poetry, though no animals. The best events, in...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Accidental Discoveries, Animal Encounters, and an Unexpected Poet

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What do you think of when you think of D.H. Lawrence? Probably not this:   You know what it is to be born alone, Baby tortoise! The ...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Lost Dog

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Author's note: This begins an occasional series on works by some of the authors in our book ( Animal Companions, Animal Doctors, Ani...
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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Bella, the Prayer Dog Lends Gravitas to Pet Blessing and Book Signing

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Bella, author Rev Talitha Arnold, & St Francis If you’ve read Talitha Arnold’s story, “Prayer Dog” (in Animal Companions, Animal Do...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Report from the Veterinary Medicine and Literature Conference

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We are pleased to share this reaction to our May 2010 Veterinary Medicine and Literature conference from conference participant Dorris Heffr...
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Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Dog by the Cradle, The Serpent Beneath: Some Paradoxes of Human-Animal Relationships

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Erika Ritter will be a keynote speaker at the Veterinary Medicine and Literature Conference, May 9 through May 11, Ontario Veterinary Colle...