Mention a dog in a book and instantly it’s that much better! Do you agree?
Here MACSBOOKS311 revisits us with another great book review…
Category: Fable
Let’s Make Every Week Banned Books Week! by da-AL
Does the threat of a book being banned ensure that it’s among the finest books written? Check out the fantastic examples cited by the smart folks in this 29-second video (and pat yourself on the back if you smile when “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is discussed — *see end of this post for why)…
Banned Book Week needs to be every week of the year! Started in the U.S., the now international event has been honored every last week of September since 1982.
* Whereas the girl in the video remembers the story as happening in South America during the 1920s, here’s how Wikipedia tells it: “The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional “tired old town” of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County.”
Once my novels-in-progress are published, I hope they’re not banned! How many potentially banned books have you read?
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Part 2: What Has Your Pet Taught You? by da-AL
Deciding…
My husband and I agreed to adopt a dog. This was followed by months of discussion. What type of dog would harmonize best with our two cats?
We settled on these dog requirements:
- It should be a puppy, so that it would learn early on to respect cats.
- It shouldn’t mature to larger than thirty pounds, so as not to overwhelm the cats.
- For the sake of our newly planted organic veggie garden, a female, a dog who squats rather than lifts its leg to urinate, would be best.
Adopting…
The list at the forefront of our minds, we rushed to the nearest pound.
After an hour of walking up and down aisles and aisles of sad eyes, we selected a pair!
The two Labrador mix puppies, a sister and a brother, were too adorable to split up.
What were we thinking?! Labrador-mix-anything is bound to grow at least fifty pounds! And two of them?! Even the shelter employee said we were crazy…
Adapting…
Cute, cute, cute! What puppy isn’t cuteness incarnate?!
Within a week, their heart-melting charm, was frozen over by their unbounded annoying-ness.
They trampled the garden, gnawed carpets, ate towels, and slobbered over everything.
They pounced the cats and barked at the people.
They chased away domestic bliss.
Enraged, the kitties soiled our bed and sofa multiple times. Our home stank of impossible to wash out angry-cat pee.
The Payoff…
They made my husband laugh.
Gentleman dog taught himself to pee while squatting.
*** Here’s part one and part three to this post. ***
Have you ever had a pet?…
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Guest Blog Post: The World of Mr. Wolf
What’s your favorite book from your childhood? I loved Winnie the Pooh.
The best children’s books are ones I appreciate all the more with the passage of time. Here Mr. Wolf, an author of the kinds of children’s books that adults can enjoy too, shares a few of his illustrations…
About the illustrator of these wonderful pictures: Mr. Wolf is an English freelance cartoon illustrator and an author of funny children’s books which adults seem to love too. I met him at Goodreads (a sort of Facebook for book lovers).
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Guest Blog Post: “Princess is Kind of a Bad Ass,” link and comment from LJUBICICAMESOZDERKA
Snow White gets edited up! Sure this is a reblog — of a reblog! — it’s that good!!! …
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The Enchanted Mule: a video by da-AL
When Toastmasters challenged me to tell a fable, I chose, “The Enchanted Mule,” an old tale set in Spain…
Do you have any favorite fables?
Happiness Between Tails by da-AL 