Reviews and Blog Posts: dogs

Starting from here

by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

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Becker

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December 5, 2012

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Colby is 16, and she's known a lot of loss in her life. Her mother died a few years ago, and her dad is home from his cross country trucking job only a few times a month. Her girlfriend dumped her for a guy. She's not doing well in school....

Salads, Business, and Dogs!

Submitted by Becker on June 28, 2012 - 9:44am

You have your choice of 3 Fresh City Life My Branch events this Saturday, June 30, at 2 p.m. What do you love most: summer salads, your small business, or your dog?

Monica Kadillak is back with her popular Summer Salads class at the Ross-University Hills Branch. Get some ideas for cool summer meals or sides that your whole family will love. They're healthy, too! Recipes and samples included.

Invest in Your Dog, Invest in Your Craft Time, or Just Invest!

Submitted by Becker on October 5, 2011 - 11:31am

Fresh City Life My Branch has a program for you this week, whether you want to learn about investing your money, training your dog, or just sit back and create a craft!

Our Introduction to Investing will be on Saturday, October 8 at 9:30 a.m. at Bear Valley. This 3-hour beginner-level class describes the fundamental investment principles and how they contribute to investment success. You'll learn basic financial terms, where to do research, what data is important in sources like Value Line, and how to find it. You'll learn commonly used terms that are important for any investor to understand.

scent of the missing: love and partnership with a search and rescue dog

Submitted by Elizabeth on March 18, 2011 - 11:07am

Dogs are doing their part to help tsunami-ravaged Japan. Remember the photos from Katrina? 9/11? Oklahoma City? Do you ever wonder about the stories behind the search and rescue teams whose photos capture our hearts? Are these people paid rescue workers or volunteers? Could you and your dog form a search and rescue team?

Humans have long used dogs, with their remarkable scenting abilities, to pursue and recover people who have fallen prey to crime, misadventure, or catastrophe. Recent tragedies such as the tsunami in Japan and Hurricane Katrina have brought search and rescue (SAR) recovery to the forefront of daily news. In Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog, Susannah Charleson introduces us to this world as she vividly describes the adoption and training of her puppy, Puzzle.

Pocketful of names

by Joe Coomer

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Liberty

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February 6, 2006

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There are "three things worth doing in life: making something new, caring for something old, and finding something lost." An artist living a contemplative existence on a tiny island off the coast of Maine encounters all three in a single year of change and discovery. Happily resigned to a solitary...

Dog is my co-pilot : great writers on the world's oldest friendship

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Michelle

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January 21, 2005

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dogs

If you're a dog nut, check this one out. It's full of essays, short stories and commentaries about dogs and the ones who love them. Includes pieces by Alice Walker and Margaret Cho.