Kipling Is Up On Lobo’s Pet Wall — With Zippy
Russell Blake started his online Pet Wall to honor his own wondrous dog, Lobo. The book (hit the title to see the book at Amazon), An Angel With Fur, came pouring out as the...
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PEEK: Sandcastle – The Title Tale From Sandcastle and Other Stories
The inspiration driving this tale was to use only one setting: a beach. And the challenge I set myself was to give Sandcastle a twist that would be so shocking that a reader...
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Kipling Puppy: 1st Happy Birthday
Puppies can’t look backwards — can’t remember thinking and feeling like a puppy. They are a constant reminder to stay present. Chew Chew Chew. It is finally here . . . the year...
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Happy 2nd Birthday: Eartha Kitt’n & Ajax The Gray
All of the pets around Islewood Farm have a purpose. I remember driving to another farmhouse about an hour north to pick out two barn cats after Figaro, the calico, went on walkabout...
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Spring 2012 Kipling Report: 1st Goose Patrol
The Brand New Spanking Kipling & Zippy Report: 1st Spring Goose Patrol Kipling turned six months this month of March and she’s almost half Zippy’s size and all sweet charm with a feisty...
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The New Kipling & Zippy Report With Video — Happy Valentine’s Day
Islewood Farm is magical in the winter, and the pond is home to many different types of ducks all year round. Zippy and his pupil, Kipling, patrol the grounds but remain gentle and...
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The Kipling & Zippy Report: Puppy Now 31 pounds!
Kipling turned the ripe old puppy age of 4 months. She’s now 31 pounds and gets her last shots this afternoon. She’s at that awkward stage . . . Kipling is very long...
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Read: The Cage by Audrey Schulman
Beryl holds an ice cube in her hand as she sits in her closet. This is the first line of Audrey Schulman’s 1994 novel The Cage. Her main character is trying to imagine...
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Watch: Television Entertainment — The Fall Season 2011
In pop culture this is a busy week that began with The Emmys. Zippy and I weren’t paying attention to the smile and cry set this year (caught up with the winners and...
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The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman — A Recommendation
With all the start-ups out there, I think this is a time like the Renaissance. Not just one person doing great work, but so many feeding off one another. If you lived then,...
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