Don't Buy From a Puppy Mill, Charlie Brown!

I thought I was really cool and came up with this correlation on my own, but The Examiner did beat me to it: Charlie Brown's Snoopy is from a puppy mill.

Sure, it was called Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, but even such a pastoral-sounding name isn't really all that great once you think about it. Where do puppies come from? The puppy farm. It's suspect to me, especially with the apparent prevalence of Amish puppy mills, ostensibly on their farms.

Wordless Wednesday: November 9 1022, Awkward Family Pet Photos winner!

All right, I know you've waited with bated breath!

(the contestants)

(not as cute as last week's selection. Elka in fact picked up the winner and flung the paper. She had to go out.)

(the winner!)

So, Mahria, email me with your address so I can email Random House!

Tasty Tuesday: Bunnies!

Today's Tasty Tuesday Treats are brought to the Elka Almanac by Mahria, from Cupcakes, Cookies, and Other Baking Adventures! Mahria is a far more dedicated tasty treat baker than I am, you see, and while normally she brings our Saturday gaming group human treats, this past Saturday, she brought Elka treats!

The Elka, she was pleased.

The Park in November? You Betcha!

Today was a beautiful, sunny day. Far too nice to stay inside and work on my novel instead of taking Elka to the park. So out we went!

Currently, I have an EZ Dog Harness, sent to me by the company, to review. It has a seatbelt attachment that I haven't used yet, but that was a primary reason for me wanting a harness for Elka.

Dogs and Writing, redux

Back in July, I did Camp NaNoWriMo, and had a lot of fun with it. I haven't re-read that novel yet, and though I wrote "The End" on the last page, I rather think it has another few chapters to go before I can consider it properly done. I blogged, then, about both writing and keeping the Elka happy.

But, it's November, and time for National Novel Writing Month proper.

Book Review: Awkward Family Pet Photos, by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack (and giveaway!)

Recently, I received an email requesting that I would consider reviewing a new book, Awkward Family Pet Photos.  I was flattered, of course, to receive the attention. And then I glanced at the website and thought "oh yes, I'm definitely in".

Wordless Wednesday, November 2, 2011 & Giveaway winner!

A self-explanatory photo-essay! Congratulations to Susan Audrey, for winning the giveaway of Jill Abramson's The Puppy Diaries on CD! Please email me your address, that I might send it to Macmillan for you to get your prize!