Feb 20
Wonderland Books, an independent bookstore, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is hosting a book event for my recently released book, ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs! And, this book event will also include adoptable dogs via Forever Changed Animal Rescue! The event details are shown below, and I hope to see you there! (We had to reschedule this event originally scheduled in early February due to inclement weather.)
An interview piece featuring ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs, was recently published in the BOLD JOURNEY. You can read the full interview here.
Additionally, I am donating a portion of my royalties, earned from the sales of this book, to the SPCA International, helping dogs in need around the globe. You can read more here and here.
And, if you have not ordered your copy of ABANDONED, I hope you will consider ordering ABANDONED today! Additionally, ABANDONED will also make a great Holiday gift for friends and family, especially those who love dogs—especially shelter and rescue dogs! Many thanks for your support!
Happy Heart Day! We are celebrating Valentine’s Day today and over the weekend, with Alex and Victory! Alex had quite the Valentine’s Day party at her school, along with a swim team Valentine’s party tonight! This weekend, we are celebrating with a dinner at one of our favorite restaurants! Alex and Victory are quite the pair! As you can see via the image below, my girls adore each other, and they are the perfect pair! I am so grateful for our beautiful girls, and I am so grateful to be their Mama! Alex loved making valentine cards and gifts for her friends and family–she is so incredibly thoughtful! Of course, Victory is integral to any family celebration!
Despite everything that is going on in our world, I hope you have a Happy Heart Day!
Today is the thirteen-year Blogiversary of the blog! I cannot believe it! It is extremely difficult to believe that thirteen years has already passed by so quickly! The time moves so quickly, these days, and I often wonder where the time goes? Many things have changed, but some things remain the same, fortunately. I am grateful for this little space here.
If it were not for our beloved Biscuit, I am not sure I would have ever started blogging and I know that I would not have started my long-term photography project turned into a published book: ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs, which was released into the world this past fall, for which Biscuit and Victory were my inspiration. Biscuit was such a blessing and gift to us. Biscuit permanently changed our lives in so many positive ways and he sent us our precious little rescue sheltie, Victory, who we adore and love, shown below! And, coincidentally, Victory is the same age (we suspect, as she is a rescue dog) as the blog!
Thank you for reading this blog for however long or short you have been visiting! I truly enjoy creating content for the blog to share with all of you, and I hope that you continue to enjoy visiting and reading the blog!
Thank you so very much!
Earlier in this month –ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs, was released in the Australia! If you live in Australia, you can order your copy today!
I am donating a portion of my royalties, earned from the sales of this book, to the SPCA International, helping dogs in need around the globe. You can read more here and here.
And, if you have not ordered your copy of ABANDONED, I hope you will consider ordering ABANDONED today! Many thanks for your support!
The Winter 2024 issue of the Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly Magazine wrote a lovely book review about my debut book, ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs!
“..[U]sing striking black-and-white imagery . . . Abandoned raises awareness about the benefits of animal adoption. Both the dogs and their adopters experience the restorative power of the human-animal bond, manifested in the magic of everyday moments.”
You can read the full review here.
Additionally, I am donating a portion of my royalties, earned from the sales of this book, to the SPCA International, helping dogs in need around the globe. You can read more here and here.
And, if you have not ordered your copy of ABANDONED, I hope you will consider ordering ABANDONED today! Many thanks for your support!
This fall, I had the opportunity to speak with Tim Link, the host of the show, Animal Writes on Pet Life Radio, where she asked thoughtful and insightful questions about my new book: ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs. You can listen to the episode on Apple Podcast.
Additionally, I am donating a portion of my royalties, earned from the sales of this book, to the SPCA International, helping dogs in need around the globe. You can read more here and here.
And, if you have not ordered your copy of ABANDONED, I hope you will consider ordering ABANDONED today!
Jan 7
I hope you had a nice Holiday! We visited with family, we had some down time with our girls, and we all got some sleep and rest, which was so nice, and we have had a couple snow days! And, I cannot believe our little girl is turning six-and-a-half-years-old next week! She is growing in every way and she loves learning, she is incredibly creative, and she is curious about everything, which I hope never ceases! Our fur girl, Victory, is doing well, too, thankfully!
2024 was a very intense year, which included putting my first book, ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs, into the world, which was no small or easy feat, for sure! In the past, I have chosen a word for the year. This year, coming off a very intense year, I have decided that I am going to concentrate on what is in front of me, work hard, and have fun! This idea came from a recent memoir entitled, Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir, which I loved. Maybe a mantra or a word, an intention will work for you; I think it is best to embrace the new year in some way that works for you! So, I am doing things a little differently this year!
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Here is ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs out in the world at a book store!
“No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend and companion than a dog.” —Stanley Leinwall
Happy Pawlidays! I wanted to thank you so very much for checking in over the past year — I am very grateful. It has been an exciting year for us!
Below is the front of our Pawliday card (the back of our card containing text is not pictured), along with our matching envelopes using little photo seals of our beautiful girls, Alex and Victory! And, unfortunately, custom stamps are still no longer permitted by the Post Office, but I used beautiful Ansel Adams stamps. (You can view our previous Pawliday cards: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Sending our Pawliday card is one of my favorite parts of the Holiday season! This is my way of sharing our Pawliday card with you. It has been an exciting year and we have so much to be grateful for. Thank you for reading this blog for however long or short you have been reading. I sincerely enjoy creating content for the blog to share with you.
I will be taking a break from the blog to enjoy some down time with family, and I plan to be back to the blog sometime early next year. Meanwhile, if you are in a blog-reading mood, you are warmly invited to visit the archives — the links are shown below. Thank you for your support with my recently released book: ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs! It’s been an incredible journey! Warmest wishes to you for a safe and Happy Holidays!
ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs
We recently took Alex and Victory to visit Santa, an annual tradition! All went well with both of our girls during their Santa visit, and Alex shared the few items, with Santa, that she would like him to bring her this Christmas!
Victory, our beautiful fur girl, did very well, like always! This is Victory’s ninth time visiting Santa and Alex’s fifth time visiting Santa! You can see Victory’s previous trips to visit Santa: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. This is the only Santa in our area that welcomes both of our girls, while also allowing me to take photographs! Victory wore her candy cane sweater, and Alex wore a dark green dress. All proceeds from visiting Santa are donated to a local dog rescue, a very good cause near and dear to our hearts, as Biscuit and Victory are rescues. If you are interested, be sure to check with and visit your local pet stores to see if there is a Santa in your area that specializes in furry family members!
A few images from Victory’s and Alex’s fifth visit together with Santa are shown below, along with images of Victory with Santa from the previous seven visits, excluding 2020 and 2021, due to COVID-19. The time really does fly by too quickly! We are so grateful for our fur girl, Victory!
Below are images from Victory’s ninth visits to see Santa: 2014 – 2024 (excluding 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, sadly).
The girls’ visits to see Santa in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024.
Pictured below is Alex in front of our Christmas tree in 2020; and Alex in front of my parents’ Christmas tree during 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. We truly missed seeing Santa in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.
And, after seeing Santa, Alex and Victory made hand print and paw print ornaments at the pottery shop, shown below! It was so much fun, and a wonderful, unique keepsake for our girls! You can see last year’s hand print and paw print ornaments here.
Below is a video from Alex’s recent Christmas program at school.
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