Cherry blossoms make me want to smile and breathe deeply. I hope you breathed deeply just now.

Filed under: Life-o on March 31st, 2011 | 12 Comments »

When Mickey drinks water he always splashes water droplets up onto the bridge of his nose. I’m going to have to get a better close-up of those little droplets. Stay tuned…

Filed under: Fido on March 31st, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Welcome to our latest R.O.A.R. Squad members from New York: Lisa and George! Lisa started the organization HeARTs Speak, whose vision is to “unite the individual efforts of animal artists and animal rescues into collective action for social change.” [via] From the HeARTs Speak website: We have the ability to change the reality of good [...]

Filed under: R.O.A.R Squad on March 29th, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Welcome to our latest R.O.A.R. Squad member from Kentucky: Shelley! Shelley’s dog Nisha didn’t have a great beginning, but she now enjoys the kind of cozy life she deserves with Shelley, Shelley’s husband and Nisha’s sister, Allie. Read more after the jump!   To learn more about the R.O.A.R Squad (Rescue Owners Are Rockin!), or [...]

Filed under: R.O.A.R Squad on March 29th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I am very pleased to introduce you to our first R.O.A.R. Squad members from Oregon: Erica and Karl! Karl is an artist and illustrator and together, Karl and Erica put together an illustrated manuscript about the story of Louie and his adoption. See some of Karl’s illustrations and read more about this wonderful family after [...]

Filed under: R.O.A.R Squad on March 29th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

A very wam welcome to our latest R.O.A.R. Squad member from New Jersey: Michele C. Hollow! Michele is the author of the website Pet News and Views and has written for The NY Times, NY Daily News, The Star-Ledger, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cat Fancy, Dog Fancy, Pet Style News, and other national publications. She is also [...]

Filed under: R.O.A.R Squad on March 29th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

For the dogs, this was way better than the Oscars, the Junos and Jersey Shore all rolled into one. I’m not going to lie: I found John washing the patio doors riveting as well.

Filed under: Fido on March 28th, 2011 | 6 Comments »

When I look at this photo it looks to me like John is whispering important educational forest facts to Mickey and Kayloo and they are studiously hanging onto his every hushed word. Maybe that is exactly what is happening… Happy Friday (this link will take you to life destroying wonderfulness)!

Filed under: Fido on March 25th, 2011 | 12 Comments »

I lived in Japan in 1999 and 2000 while I was still dancing. When I arrived with my cast mates in the Land of the Rising Sun I was 20 years old and the epitome of “wide eyed and bushy tailed.”  I had never lived overseas before. I had never eaten tofu soaked in soy [...]

Filed under: Life-o on March 24th, 2011 | 13 Comments »

A very warm welcome to our latest R.O.A.R. Squad members: Charlotte and Ron from Prince Edward Island! Charlotte and Ron have done a lot for rescue and are proud Foster Failures (I love foster failure stories!). Welcome to the R.O.A.R. Squad, you guys! Read more about this wonderful family after the jump. To learn more [...]

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