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Jan 13

ABANDONED Book Review: Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2024

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!

Jan 9

ABANDONED Featured: Animal Writes – on Pet Life Radio

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

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Mantra for 2025

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!

Dec 20

Happy Pawlidays!

“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

Dog Related posts

Dog Rescue posts

‘Dog-Centric’ Artists Interviews

For Artists posts

Photography posts

Personal posts

Victory Related posts

Dec 19

Christmas Time: Visiting Santa

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.

Dec 16

ABANDONED Featured: AARP The Magazine

The December 2024/January 2025 issue of AARP The Magazine featured my short article entitled, “Why Dogs Rock,” shown below along with photographs from ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs!

AARP was kind enough to send me a copy of The AARP Magazine, featuring ABANDONED, shown below!

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!

Dec 12

ABANDONED Featured: Unleashed – on Pet Life Radio

This fall, I had the opportunity to speak with Cheryl Kaye, the host of the show, Unleashed 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! 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!

Dec 9

ABANDONED Featured: Holiday Gift Guides

My recently released book, ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs, has been included in the following Holiday gift guides! Additionally, ABANDONED will also make a great Holiday gift for friends and family, especially those who love dogs! Many thanks for your support!

First, Dogs Save the People Podcast featured ABANDONED in its 2024 Holiday Book List!

Patricia McConnell also included ABANDONED in her recent Holiday Books for Dog & Animal Lovers!

Additionally, Patricia McConnell, mentioned ABANDONED in her recent interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, as one of the top books to give to animal lovers. You can listen to the interview here, and go to the 4 minute mark.

The SPCA International included, my recently released book, ABANDONED, in their gift guide!

And, if you have not ordered your copy of ABANDONED, I hope you will consider ordering ABANDONED today! It will make a wonderful Holiday gift!

Dec 5

ABANDONED Featured: PRINT Magazine

I had the wonderful pleasure of speaking with Debbie Milliman, host of the Design Matters podcast and editor of PRINT Magazine, who posed thoughtful and insightful questions about what matters to me along with featuring ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs, in PRINT Magazine! You can read the 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!

Dec 3

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ANBANDONED Featured: CBS Mornings Plus

As I mentioned, prior to Thanksgiving, Victory and I were on CBS Mornings Plus on Friday, November 29, 2024, and it was so much fun! Victory did an excellent job, and she was so calm and at ease, despite all of the cameras and lights! We are so proud of her, and I am beyond thankful we could do the segment together, as Victory has been by my side, for the bulk of this project, while creating this body of work, even though Biscuit was the inspiration for ABANDONED. (I believe Biscuit has an awareness of everything associated with ABANDONED.) I will never forget this experience at CBS, and what made it even more special, is that our entire family was welcome at the CBS studio! The producer, Erin Rosenblum, was wonderful to work with, and she even gave Alex a tour of the studio, while I got my hair and makeup done—Alex was in heaven! Alex also loved the greenroom! It was a wonderful experience for all, and I am enormously grateful that CBS Mornings, particularly to Jackie Puskas, for featuring my new book, ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs!

You can watch our segment here.

You can watch the entire hour here.

Below are a few snapshots from our time at the CBS studio!

Below are a few photos from our New York City visit! Victory made it to Central Park, and she absolutely loved it! Victory was such a champ walking all around Central Park with a big smile on her face! Then she came back to the hotel and took a long nap! Alex had an amazing time, and she now wants to live in New York City! We are so grateful for this special time together!

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